How to Raise Successful Kids -- Without Over-Parenting | Julie Lythcott-Haims | TED – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.You know, I didn't set out to be a parenting expert
2.In fact, I'm not very interested in parenting, per Se
3.It's just that there's a certain style of parenting these days that is kind of messing up kids, impeding their chances to develop into theirselves
4.There's a certain style of parenting these days that's getting in the way
5.I guess what I'm saying is, we spend a lot of time being very concerned about parents who aren't involved enough in the lives of their kids and their education or their upbringing, and rightly so
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
self-esteem
B1Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect.
Example:
"far more important than that self-esteem they get"
colleagues
A2A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
Example:
"and look around and wonder, how can I be useful to my colleagues?"
anticipate
A2To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
Example:
"How can I anticipate a few steps ahead to what my boss might need?"
concierge
A2One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests.
Example:
"and act like our kid's concierge"
regardless
A2Having no regard; heedless; careless.
Example:
"regardless of where they end up at the end of high school,"
depression
B2In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
Example:
"And they're withering now under high rates of anxiety and depression"
motivated
A2To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
Example:
"every kid is hard-working and motivated"
conducted
A2To lead, or guide; to escort.
Example:
"The longest longitudinal study of humans ever conducted"
someone's
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"someone's got to do it, it might as well be me,"
whichever
A2(interrogative) Which ever; emphatic form of 'which'.
Example:
"whichever one it is,"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| self-esteem | B1 | Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect. |
| colleagues | A2 | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate. |
| anticipate | A2 | To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action. |
| concierge | A2 | One who attends to the wishes of hotel guests. |
| regardless | A2 | Having no regard; heedless; careless. |
| depression | B2 | In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future. |
| motivated | A2 | To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage. |
| conducted | A2 | To lead, or guide; to escort. |
| someone's | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| whichever | A2 | (interrogative) Which ever; emphatic form of 'which'. |
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