Raising Young Adults

Every parent who feels there is a better, wiser way to raise our children should read this book.In Raising Young Adults, Herbert Wright highlights the ways that overparenting hurts kids, stressed-out parents, and society at large. She does this by drawing on research, interviews with admissions officers, educators, and employers, as well as his personal observations as a single father.
Herbert Wright presents useful alternate tactics that emphasize the value of letting kids make their own errors and build the resilience, ingenuity, and inner tenacity required for success, while empathizing with the parental aspirations and, in particular, concerns that lead to overhelping.
This book serves as a call to action for people who want to make sure that the future generation is capable of making competent and self-reliant decisions about their life.