A writer-editor-teacher’s quote of the week #97

“Our job as a parent is to put ourselves out of a job,” she said. “We need to know that our children have the wherewithal to get up in the morning and take care of themselves.”

– a direct quote from Julie Lythcott-Haims in the Chicago Tribune article, “Former Stanford dean explains why helicopter parenting is ruining a generation of children”

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