Late Bloomers: Giving Your Kids Space to Grow with Richard Karlgaard

Published: July 8, 2019, midnight

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Our society is obsessed with early achievement. We want our kids to become incredible athletes, advanced students, and high-earners. We have a tendency to compare them with their peers and if they aren\\u2019t at the same level, we worry that they won\\u2019t succeed.

Our guest is Richard Karlgaard. He\\u2019s a journalist, award-winning entrepreneur, and speaker. He is the author of bestselling book, Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement. He talks about how today\\u2019s kids are under huge pressure to perform and feel like failures if they don\\u2019t meet society\\u2019s expectations. This coincides with a 70% rise in depression and anxiety in teenagers in the past 25 years.

It\\u2019s natural for every parent to wish the best for their child\\u2019s future, but Richard Karlgaard explains how kids develop in different ways at different ages. He teaches us how to meet our kids where they are and give them space to grow. He also tells us how allowing them to find their way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness.

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