How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results -- Esther Wojcicki, Hardcover

The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK.

Esther Wojcicki--"Woj" to her many friends and admirers--is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They're the result of TRICK, Woj's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness.

Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Wojcicki's methods are the opposite of helicopter parenting. As we face an epidemic of parental anxiety, Woj is here to say: relax. Talk to infants as if they are adults. Allow teenagers to pick projects that relate to the real world and their own passions, and let them figure out how to complete them. Above all, let your child lead. How to Raise Successful People offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world.

Author: Esther Wojcicki
Publisher: Harper
Published: 05/07/2019
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781328974860

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/01/2019 pg. 6
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 03/18/2019
Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 82
Shelf Awareness 05/17/2019
School Library Journal 07/01/2019 pg. 62

About the Author

ESTHER WOJCICKI is a leading educator, journalist and mother. She founded the Media Arts programs at Palo Alto High School and helped launch the Google Teachers Academy. She raised three accomplished daughters: the CEO of YouTube, the founder and CEO of 23andMe, and a top medical researcher.