Growing up in the 50s and in a religious household, sexism was baked into her parent’s child rearing philosophy.

In fact, modern parents are bombarded with tips and strategies on how to raise their children right. She has good reason to brag - she has raised three very successful kids and is clearly doing something right as a parent and teacher. If your three daughters are Silicon Valley ceos and a doctor, then you must have done something right. Much of Esther’s philosophy is geared towards raising kids who are resilient, respectful, and self-driven. And I think it is this cult of success, the idea that you only count if you do something exceptional, that is making kids depressed, not the garden variety pressure of parents wanting you to get at least a B.Alas, I picked up this book anyway because I am always open to learning, growing and trying to do better.

Younger generations, those raised by helicopter parents, report believing most people are untrustworthy. Our main goal is to make our kids successful, and our main fear is that they can’t succeed without our help. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Mainly this book motivates my 12 year old daughter too as she herself reading it as when I told her that Esther-the author is mother of Susan and she knows Susan ( she got curious who's this mom who raised this successful woman. Furthermore, the values (trust, respect, independence, collaboration, kindness) are the vague ones of seemingly all corporations and for-profit enterprises. By most metrics, she does live a very successful life, and taking advice from someone in her position makes a lot of sense. Visi turime skintis kelią per gyvenimą, tad kodėl nepasistengus, kad ta kelionė būtų mielesnė aplinkiniams, juolab, kad visi esame susiję? One of the most important lessons you can instill in your child is that failure is itself part of success.

Unfortunately, though, much of this advice focuses on how to help your child become a high achiever, often through micromanaging their actions, rather than how to develop a happy, well-adjusted member of society.I didn't enjoy these sections as much, because as some other reviewers have mentioned, it felt like there was a lot of name dropping and the author patting herself on the back. The book is well-organised, covering topics such as the importance of empathy, fostering creativity, and setting achievable goals.

She was taught in no uncertain terms that girls were lesser than boys, and women were meant to be subservient. A leader in blended learning and the integration of technology into education, she is the founder of the Media Arts programs at Palo Alto High School. Yes there were a few weird stories I didn't really agree or relate to (when one of her daughter's decided she would go to a different class in preschool and ultimately quit the school as a three year old) but I found this to be a great read.Although she lectures other parents that kindness is more important, throughout the book she keeps giving examples of kids in her class who rose to great success because of her program, or at least rose to a status above that of their family. She weaves in stories from her personal experience as the head of Palo Alto High School’s journalism program, and her parenting experience raising two successful daughters. The book exudes the Palo Alto attitude, promoting kindness but mainly if you become a billionaire in the process, praising a daughter who makes lemonade from a neighbour's lemons and then charging that neighbour for it.