Parenting is really freaking hard, so it’s no wonder that we’re always looking for tips and tricks to help us raise the best people we possibly can. Part of this means setting our kids up for success, and one mom thinks she’s cracked the code for unlocking our children’s potential. Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People and mother to three daughters, recently shared her top piece of parenting advice?and it’s probably not what you expected.
At 81 years young, Wojcicki has three extremely successful adult daughters?Susan is the CEO of YouTube, Anne is the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe, and  Janet is a professor of pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco. As a parenting expert, Wojcicki believes that simple lessons can have radical results. According to a pieceWojcicki wrote for CNBC, there is one big mistake she sees many parents make, and she’d like to be their wake-up call: stop doing everything for your kids! For many parents, the idea that you should help your kids as much as possible in order to help them succeed in life seems quite logical, however, this helicopter-style parenting may actually be detrimental to your child?s development.
Her number-one rule" “Don?t do anything for your kids that they can do for themselves.” That’s right, if they can do it, they should. And furthermore, stop removing every obstacle from your children’s paths, because that’s not what...