S2E8: What Book To Read As A Parent of a High School Student Applying to College?
In this episode, Thomas gives his top book recommendation for any parent looking to help their child find success in the college application process and beyond.
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Question of the week: Looking for a good parenting book recommendation? Raising teenagers is not easy, and it can leave us wondering what the "right way" to parent is if we want to raise resilient, independent young adults.
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Our host Thomas Caleel gives his top book recommendation for any parent looking to help their child find success in the college application process and beyond.
Check out "How To Raise an Adult" by Julie Lythcott-Haims. You can grab your copy HERE.
About Thomas
Thomas is a parent and alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania. After earning his MBA at the Wharton School in 2003, he moved to Silicon Valley. For three years, he was director of admissions and financial aid at Wharton School. He worked closely with admissions professionals, students, alumni, and professors to create the best possible MBA class.
Thomas has been an entrepreneur his entire life in the fields of finance, agriculture, wellness, and sporting goods. As the founder of Global Education Opportunities, he works with diverse and underserved communities to help them become successful college students. Thomas started the podcast Admittedly because he is passionate about demystifying the application process for parents and applicants.
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Hello, and welcome to the admittedly podcast. My name is Thomas Caleel. I'm the former director of MBA admissions and financial aid for my alma mater, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In this podcast, I don't promise easy answers or quick fixes. But I will use my decades of experience to help you achieve your education goals. Now, let's get started.
And today's question of the week comes to me from almost every parent I talked to, and they say, What is a great resource for how to raise a successful Child child who will be successful in the admissions process child who will be successful in life? Is there a good book about admissions, about preparing your children? And I would say absolutely one of the best books that I've read on this topic, far none is "How To Raise an Adult" by Julie Lythcott-Haims.
It is a user's manual based on decades of experience. She worked at Stanford, she's seen generations of students come through. And it's it's based on quite a bit of research and her own experience with raising resilient children, right, creating children who take responsibility who who can handle adversity, who can handle setbacks.
And look, I'm a parent, I know that our instinct is to rush in to protect our children. That's a that is hardwired into our genetics into our bones. But she talks about really building children who can thrive in a difficult environment and who can make their own decisions. And I can tell you that the work I do with individual students is very much based on this, I will spend many, many, many sessions over months or years with students that I work with, teaching them to be independent, helping them find their voice, preparing them for university, because what we don't want to do is shield our children to the point that when they get out on their own for the first time, they just can't handle everything that is coming at them. I think as parents, we want to raise successful, independent children and facilitate their success.
So I would encourage you to read this. I will tell you that in the admissions process. Absolutely. Once you get to the application part, you know, a child who knows themselves who has their own voice who isn't always looking to others for guidance and direction and to tell them what to do is far more successful in this process because they have, they have their own agency, they know how to voice what they want, and that resonates in their essays that resonate in the process. So once again, "How To Raise an Adult" by Julie Lythcott-Haims. It's not the newest book, but it is invaluable, and I encourage every parent out there to pick it up. Thank you.
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