“By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren’t actually helping. At least, that’s how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case…”
http://www.ted.com/talks/julie_lythcott_haims_how_to_raise_successful_kids_without_over_parenting