How to Raise Successful People

By Esther Wojcicki

Discover the TRICK to raising successful, independent children without helicopter parenting.

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Esther Wojcicki, a renowned educator and mother, reveals her TRICK method—Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, Kindness—for nurturing successful children. Her approach defies helicopter parenting, urging parents to relax and empower kids to lead. Can these simple principles transform parenting and unlock potential? Explore how to raise confident, capable individuals in a world of parental anxiety.

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The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK.Esther Wojcicki–“Woj” to her many friends and admirers–is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They’re the result of TRICK, Woj’s secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Wojcicki’s methods are the opposite of helicopter parenting. As we face an epidemic of parental anxiety, Woj is here to say: relax. Talk to infants as if they are adults. Allow teenagers to pick projects that relate to the real world and their own passions, and let them figure out how to complete them. Above all, let your child lead. How to Raise Successful People offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world.

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