Esther Wojcicki has some things to say about raising successful children. She has earned the right, she is an educator, journalist, and bestselling author of “How to Raise Successful People.”
And she has raised three daughters—two are CEOs and the other a doctor.
Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube, Anne Wojcicki is the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe and Dr. Janet Wojcicki is an anthropologist and epidemiologist who works on HIV progression and obesity risk in children.
In her book, Wojcicki says the secret to success is the result of “TRICK”: trust, respect, independence, collaboration, and kindness.
In a brand new article, she wrote for NBC Chicago, she gave even more of the secret sauce that has worked so well in her family, it’s just one rule: “Don’t do anything for your kids that they can do for themselves.”
“Parents need to stop coddling their kids,” she continues. “The more you trust your children to do things on their own, the more empowered they’ll be. The key is to begin with guided practice: It’s the ‘I do, we do, you do’ method.”
As the old saying goes, “Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him to fish and he’ll eat forever.”
Wojcicki’s rules confront the modern trend of “helicopter parenting,” these are parents who are “overly focused on their children” where parents “take too much responsibility for their children’s experiences and, specifically, their successes or failures.”
This often results in children who grow into adults with lower self-confidence and self-esteem. They have low coping skills, more anxiety, and a sense of entitlement.
“When you trust kids to make their own decisions, they start to feel more engaged, confident and empowered,” Wojcicki writes. “And once that happens, there’s no limit to what they can achieve.”
Sisters Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe, and Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, are ranked among America’s top women entrepreneurs https://t.co/En8Vin9Zl7 #SelfMadeWomen pic.twitter.com/vMrWnt6R1W
— Forbes (@Forbes) July 11, 2018
For all you parents out there.
You may want to do something "unpopular" while raising your kids, "How to Raise Successful People" author Esther Wojcicki says. https://t.co/GEkHHnN5q5— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) October 31, 2022
