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教育專家告訴你，不要再當直升機父母，要教出能夠對自己負責的孩子。
「這本書裝滿了有關父母教養孩子的最佳建議，值得每位父母閱讀。我們的孩子正處於轉大人的嚴肅課題，Lythcott-Haims用這本書提供了從未出現過的指導手冊。」
－－《芝加哥論壇報》(The Chicago Tribune)
「Lythcott-Haims在這本書中講了許多小故事，關於指導孩子上研究所的父母，成為害羞、被動孩子的代言人，有時根本不了解孩子卻幫他們投履歷，這些行為不只模塑出依賴的孩子，而且限制了他們的可能性與想像力。父母應該教孩子的是努力之後的成就感，傾聽孩子但是也要給他們成長的空間，讓他們知道如何努力，解決問題，細細品味這些過程。換言之，父母要過自己的生活，那麼你的孩子將來也會這麼做。」
－－《紐約時報書評》(The New York Times Book Review)
本書直言不諱地提出直升機父母對孩子的危害，提供了其他教養孩子的哲學，讓他們成為自足的成人。
作者Julie Lythcott-Haims利用與從事教育的相關人員的對談，還有自己作為母親的體察，強調了過度教養對孩子的傷害，並且提供了實用的策略，允許孩子出錯，發展自身的復原力，懂得自己解決問題，而教養出發自內心想要成功的孩子。
A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood
In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success.
Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as of twentysomethings--and of special value to parents of teens--this book is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can take charge of their own lives with competence and confidence.