Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World

Introduction --

Part I: Stuck --

Why the needle hasn't moved: Doubling down on the past when we fear the future --

Your brain on uncertainty: Why we make dubious decisions --

Accumulated disability: The real dangers of overprotection --

Learned helplessness and delayed adolescence: A stalled generation --

Part II: Course correction --

Unlearning helplessness and restoring capabilities -- Demystifying twenty-first-century skills -- Academic and foundational skills in an age of uncertainty --

Part III: Thriving in the new normal --

The squiggly line --

A revised script: Moms and dads in the twenty-first century --

The future-proof family: Building a better moral compass and stronger communities.