My guest today is Jessica Lahey.

Jessica is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence.

Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, New York Times, and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids’ award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors K.J. Dell’Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two sons and a lot of dogs.

Takeaways from the show

Secrecy and shame around substance abuse
Jessica’s story
The process of recovery
The normalization of adult drinking
Pluralistic ignorance
Authoritative parenting
Knowledge about raising kids and substances
Teaching kids why they shouldn’t be using substances
Knowing risk factors of substance abuse can help you protect your kids
Understanding the teen brain
Scripts to give your kids to get out of situations
Relationship matters

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