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Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World
Maybe someday
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32/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Madeline Levine
Publisher:
Harper
Date:
February 11, 2020
The New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well explores how todayâs parenting techniques and our myopic educational system are failing to prepare children for their certain-to-be-uncertain futureâand how we can reverse course to ensure their lasting adaptability, resilience, health and happiness.
What The Reviewers Say
These are all smart, sensible ideas, if (to me, at least) sometimes obvious; as the mother of two younger 20-somethings, I found this book alternately interesting, important and a bit wistful or idealistic. I appreciate and share Levine’s claim that in our rush to 'keep striving, keep moving,' we’ve 'lost the capacity for introspection.' But I disagree that contemporary mothers with meaningful careers suffer when our children leave home because we 'haven’t built a scaffolding to take us from one phase of our lives to the next'; my 'scaffolding' was my work, and I appreciate now having time for it, and for myself, in ways I didn’t for decades.
... addresses this challenge with thoughtful, relevant guidance ...With thorough research backing her up, Levine delivers advice with intelligence and compassion, but also with realistic expectations of what it’s like to parent as well as grow up in today’s world. Best of all, she masterfully balances this realism with positivity. Another invaluable resource from Levine..
... a practical, wise manual aimed at helping anxious parents with their often equally anxious kids.
Bolstering her arguments with research statistics and case studies, Levine offers readers a concrete review of what is working and, more importantly, what is not working for parents and young adults.
