Jessica & Tim Lahey, Back to School in a Pandemic (003)

On PrepTalks, Ned chats with parenting expert Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure: How The Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed) and Tim Lahey, infectious disease physician and Director of Clinical Ethics at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Ned, Jess, and Tim discuss how parents can balance empathy, resilience, risk management, and maintaining a sense of control while our kids go back to school during COVID-19. Follow Ned on Twitter at @nedjohnson, Jessica at @jesslahey, and Tim at @TimLaheyMD. Read Jessica and Tim’s article in The Washington Post, “Back to School in a Pandemic: A Guide to All the Factors Keeping Parents and Educators Up at Night.”