Wondering how to get your child ready for college, and life? Getting into college is only the first step! Is your child prepared for life as an adult, and are you? Our special guest, Julie Lythcott Haims, wrote an entire best-selling book about preparing children (and parents) for independence.
Episode 182: Julie Lythcott-Haims tells us how to raise an adult
We're so excited to have best-selling author Julie Lythcott-Haims on the podcast this week! We've talked about her before, both about her book How to Raise an Adult and her excellent Slate podcast, Getting In. But now we get to talk to her, about preparing our children for college and life beyond.
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This Week's Links
Intro (0:00:11)
Andrea Smith, technology guru extraordinaire
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success, by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Real American: A Memoir, by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Interview with Julie Lythcott Haims (00:02:08)
Bytes of the Week (00:23:33)
Chasten Buttigieg’s Relentlessly Cheery Twitter Is the Best Thing to Come Out of the 2020 Election, by R. Eric Thomas
Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of The Temptations
Ain’t Too Proud, Original Broadway Cast Recording
Temptations, by Otis Williams
Outsourcing Adulthood: Can you ever really grow up if you don’t do anything for yourself? by Maureen O’Connor – The Cut
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