Search

Follow Us

Menu
Log in
Forgot password

Chicago Gifted Community Center

Creating connections - Creating community

In Chicago and the suburbs            

Log in
Forgot password

The Gift of Failure: Jessica Lahey

  • November 17, 2017
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  • The Community House, Hinsdale, 8th and Madison Sts
The Community Speaker Series
presented by Districts 181 and 86


The Gift of Failure
How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So 
Their Children Can Succeed

Speaker:  Jessica Lahey



What if the best way to motivate your kids and build their resilience was to take a step back and let them fail? Research has shown that a key to developing resilience in our children & students is intrinsic motivation, or that which comes from within. Speaker Jessica Lahey will summarize this current research and offer practical advice for fostering intrinsic motivation and weaning kids off of extrinsic motivators such as short-term rewards, bribes, and yes, even grades, giving them space to fail with the support and encouragement that they need to succeed.


Register Here


About cgcc

The Chicago Gifted Community Center (CGCC) is a member-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by parents to support the intellectual and emotional growth of gifted children and their families. 

Become a member

We  are an all volunteer-based organization that relies on annual memberships from parents, professionals, and supporters to provide organizers with web site operations, a registration system, event insurance, background checks, etc. 
JOIN NOW

Contact us

info@chicagogiftedcommunity.org

© Chicago Gifted Community Center

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software