Jessica Lahey is the author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children May Achieve, which was published by The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. She serves on Amazon Studios' Thought Leader Board and authored the curriculum for Amazon Kids' The Nasty and Dirty Show. Her husband and two sons live in Vermont with her.