Julie Lythcott-Haims ist eine Autorin, die auf den Bestsellerlisten der New York Times vertreten ist. Ihre Arbeit befasst sich mit Themen der Kindererziehung, der amerikanischen Identität und den Komplexitäten des Erwachsenwerdens und des Erwachsenseins. Lythcott-Haims konzentriert sich auf die praktischen und ethischen Dimensionen des Lebens und schreibt, um die Leser zu ermutigen, über ihre eigenen Lebensentscheidungen nachzudenken. Ihr Schreibstil ist direkt, provokativ und bietet eine neue Perspektive darauf, was es bedeutet, ein erfülltes Leben zu führen.
Having tackled a far-reaching parenting crisis with her New York Times bestselling How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims is back with an equally powerful and persuasive book for the adult children of those hovering parents—and for everyone who struggles to be a grown-up in these challenging times—in Your Turn: How to Be an Adult...
"Bringing a poetic sensibility to her prose to stunning effect, Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color. The only child of a marriage between an African American father and a white British mother, she shows indelibly how so-called microaggressions, in addition to blunt-force insults, can puncture a person's inner life with a thousand sharp cuts. Real American expresses also, through Lythcott-Haims's path to self-acceptance, the healing power of community in overcoming the hurtful isolation of being incessantly considered "the other."--Page 4 of cover
Drawing on her experience as Stanford University's dean of freshmen, the author, revealing the harms of over-parenting, offers practical strategies that stress the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness and determination necessary to succeed