Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting
Julie Lythcott-Haims: Å oppdra suksessrike barn - uten overformynding
Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood -- the subject of her book, "How to Raise an Adult." Full bio
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to be a parenting expert.
en ekspert på foreldrerollen.
in parenting, per Se.
i foreldreskap, som sådan.
of parenting these days
foreldrerolle i dag
ødelegger unger,
to develop into theirselves.
til å utvikle seg til seg selv.
of parenting these days
being very concerned
å være veldig bekymret
in the lives of their kids
i sine ungers liv
going on there as well,
a kid can't be successful
kan være fremgangsrikt
and preventing at every turn
og forebygger i hver sving
and micromanaging every moment,
og detaljstyrer hvert øyeblikk,
some small subset of colleges and careers.
av colleger og karrierer.
mine to tenåringer,
in raising my two teenagers,
a kind of checklisted childhood.
barndom med en sjekkliste.
childhood looks like.
they go to the right schools,
de går på de rette skolene,
at the right schools,
på de rette skolene,
in the right classes in the right schools.
i rett klasse på rett skole.
også poengsummene,
men utmerkelser og premier
but the accolades and the awards
the activities, the leadership.
want to see that.
du bryr deg om andre
you care about others.
hoped-for degree of perfection.
en høy grad av perfeksjon.
to perform at a level of perfection
skal prestere perfekt
to perform at ourselves,
ble bedt om å prestere på,
have to argue with every teacher
krangle med hver eneste lærer
nagging as the case may be,
til og med,
de ikke roter det til,
to be a kid in this checklisted childhood.
et barn i en barndom med sjekkliste.
no time for free play.
ingen tid til frilek.
has to be enriching, we think.
tror vi.
every quiz, every activity
hver prøve, hver aktivitet
for this future we have in mind for them,
framtiden vi har tenkt oss for dem
of helping out around the house,
of getting enough sleep
å få nok søvn
the items on their checklist.
punktene på sjekklista.
at vi bare vil at de skal være lykkelige
we say we just want them to be happy,
at the Westminster Dog Show --
and soar a little farther,
og sveve litt lengre,
sier de ikke:
be interested in studying
to get into the right college?"
på rett college?"
start to roll in in high school,
inn på high school,
into the right college with these grades?"
rett college med sånne karakterer?"
at the end of high school,
etter high school
had said, "What you've done is enough,
hadde sagt: "Det du har gjort er nok,
in childhood is enough."
er nok."
under high rates of anxiety and depression
av angst og depresjon
to have been worth it?
vise seg å være verdt det?
it's all worth it.
at det er verdt det.
tror at de ikke vil ha en fremtid
they will have no future
tiny set of colleges or careers
smale utvalget college eller karrierer
er vi bare redde for
on the backs of our cars.
bak på bilen.
to really look at it,
think their worth comes
at deres verdi kommer
their precious developing minds
deres dyrebare, utviklende sinn
of the movie "Being John Malkovich,"
filmen "Being John Malkovich,"
achieve any of this without me."
noe av dette uten meg."
and overdirection and hand-holding,
og overdirigering og handholding,
of the chance to build self-efficacy,
til å bygge mestringstro,
of the human psyche,
i den menneskelige psyke,
than that self-esteem they get
selvtilliten de får
that one's own actions lead to outcomes,
deres egen handling fører til resultater,
actions on one's behalf,
handling på deres vegne,
lead to outcomes.
fører til resultater.
self-efficacy, and they must,
mestringstro, og det må de,
of the thinking, planning, deciding,
planlegging, bestemming,
prøving og feiling,
or interest in their lives,
eller interesse i sitt liv,
la det være?
grades and scores and accolades and awards
karakterer og poeng og utmerkelser
admission to a tiny number of colleges
på et lite utvalg colleger
et lite antall karrierer,
of success for our kids.
av suksess for våre barn.
achieve some short-term wins
oppnå noen kortsiktige seire
if we help them do their homework,
hvis vi hjelper dem med leksene,
childhood résumé when we help --
barndoms-cv når vi hjelper
comes at a long-term cost
en langtidskostnad
we should be less concerned
vi burde være mindre bekymret
to apply to or might get into
eller komme inn på
the habits, the mindset, the skill set,
vanene, tenkemåtene, ferdighetene,
wherever they go.
hvor enn de går.
less obsessed with grades and scores
besatt av karakterer og poengsummer
a foundation for their success
et fundament for suksess
Did I just say chores? I really did.
Sa jeg akkurat plikter? Jeg gjorde det.
of humans ever conducted
er gjort på mennesker
success in life,
comes from having done chores as a kid,
å ha hatt plikter som barn,
and-pitch-in mindset,
there's some unpleasant work,
ubehagelig å gjøre,
it might as well be me,
det kan like gjerne være meg,"
to the betterment of the whole,
til det felles beste."
in the workplace.
på arbeidsplassen.
in the checklisted childhood,
i barndommen med sjekkliste
the work of chores around the house,
plikter i huset,
as young adults in the workplace
på arbeidsplassen,
lacking the impulse, the instinct
de mangler impulsen, instinktet
how can I be useful to my colleagues?
kan jeg være til nytte for mine kolleger?
to what my boss might need?
hva sjefen min trenger?
from the Harvard Grant Study
fra Harvard Grant studien
our friends, our family.
venner, familie.
our kids how to love,
hvordan de skal elske,
if they don't first love themselves,
hvis de ikke først elsker seg selv
if we can't offer them unconditional love.
vi kan tilby dem uforbeholden kjærlighet
with grades and scores
av karakterer og poeng
come home from school,
kommer hjem fra skolen,
put away our phones,
legge vekk telefonene,
the joy that fills our faces
er i våre ansikter
for the first time in a few hours.
for første gang på noen timer.
says, "Lunch," like mine did,
"Lunsjen," slik min gjorde,
take an interest in lunch.
about lunch today?"
med lunsjen i dag?"
they matter to us as humans,
som mennesker for oss,
chores and love,
but give me a break.
top scores and grades
and I'm going to tell you, sort of.
og jeg skal fortelle deg, på en måte,
are asking that of our young adults,
fra våre unge voksne,
rankings racket would have us believe --
ranking-støy vil ha oss til å tro --
mest kjente skolene
of the biggest brand name schools
fremgangsrik i livet
went to state school,
gikk på statlige skoler,
no one has heard of,
som ingen har hørt om,
and flunked out.
og strøyk.
is in our communities,
er i nærmiljøene våre,
at a few more colleges,
på noen flere colleger,
from the equation,
fra ligningen,
this truth and then realize,
denne sannheten og forstå
of those big brand-name schools.
en av de store velkjente skolene.
according to a tyrannical checklist
en tyrannisk sjekkliste,
on their own volition,
Sawyer and Avery.
Sawyer og Avery.
to carefully clip and prune
form of a human
to warrant them admission
til å fortjene adgang
highly selective colleges.
with thousands of other people's kids --
med tusenvis av andre folks barn --
a nourishing environment,
et nærende miljø,
love others and receive love
og motta kjærlighet
what I would have them become,
det jeg vil ha dem til å bli,
in becoming their glorious selves.
i å bli sitt strålende selv.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julie Lythcott-Haims - Academic, authorJulie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood -- the subject of her book, "How to Raise an Adult."
Why you should listen
Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. The book emerged from her decade as Stanford University's Dean of Freshmen, where she was known for her fierce advocacy for young adults and received the university's Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for creating "the" atmosphere that defines the undergraduate experience. She was also known for her fierce critique of the growing trend of parental involvement in the day-to-day lives of college students. Toward the end of her tenure as dean, she began speaking and writing widely on the harm of helicopter parenting. How to Raise an Adult is being published in over two dozen countries and gave rise to her TED Talk and a sequel which will be out in 2018. In the meantime, Lythcott-Haims's memoir on race, Real American, will be out in Fall 2017.
Lythcott-Haims is a graduate of Stanford University, Harvard Law School, and California College of the Arts. She lives in Silicon Valley with her partner of over twenty-five years, their two teenagers and her mother.
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