Jessica Lahey

Jessica Lahey writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post , the New York Times , and The Atlantic and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed . She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Stinky and Dirty Show . She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons.

Jessica Lahey writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post , the New York Times , and The Atlantic and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed . She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Stinky and Dirty Show . She lives in Vermont with her husband and two sons. See less