Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids

And start raising kind ones

The Atlantic
Nov 5 · 7 min read
Illustration: Na Kim/The Atlantic

By Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant

As anyone who has been called out for hypocrisy by a small child knows, kids are exquisitely attuned to gaps between what grown-ups say and what grown-ups do. If you survey American parents about what they want for their kids, more than 90 percent say one of their top priorities is that their…

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