The Formula
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Tatsha Robertson, MA, is an award-winning editor and writer with more than 20 years of experience handling investigative, feature, and news stories for leading magazines and newspapers. As the first female New York City Bureau Chief and National Rover for the Boston Globe, she began studying how parents raise successful children some ten years ago. She pioneered Essence magazine's focus on investigative and news articles, which led to the positioning of the magazine as a significant authority and voice on news and led to an interview with President Obama on parenting. Most recently, she was a senior editor at People, where she focused on crime stories. She has been an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University since 2005. Ms. Robertson has been a frequent guest on national media, appearing on programs like TODAY and for television networks that include CNN, HLN, FOX, and MSNBC. A prolific writer, Robertson recently co-authored Media Circus with Kim Goldman. She is also completing a thriller. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and earned a bachelor's degree at Morris College and a master's degree in journalism at The Ohio State University.
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Mystery of Success The Black Box An Investigation into Success Masters of the Formula Chapter 2. What We Mean by Success Purpose + Agency + Smarts = Fully Realized Prodigies versus the Products of the Formula Who Our Achievers Are and How We Chose Them
Chapter 3. The Formula The Incredible Life of Jarell Lee The Formula: The Eight Roles of Master Parenting Parenting Styles: What Is Different About the Formula?
Chapter 4. The Strategists The Strange and Strategic Parenting of Lisa Son Why Esther Wojcicki Raised the Smartest Girls in the World Ms. Badger's Holographic Ideal
Chapter 5. The Early-Learning Partner (Role #1) Rob Humble's Moment of Truth The Science of Play Teaching a Baby to Read: The Early-Lead Effect The Girl Raised by a Village of Teenagers
Chapter 6. The Flight Engineer (Role #2) Masters Monitor and Manage (Even from the White House) Asserting Authority: "You Will Respect My Child" Knowing When (Not) to Step In: "You Can Deal with Your Teacher This Time"
Chapter 7. Siblings Cautionary Tales The Receptive Child Is Your Oldest Child Really Smarter, or Were You Just Tired with the Rest of Them?
Chapter 8. The Fixer (Role #3) The Fixer to the Rescue
Vigilance: How One Mother Deconstructed the SAT Sacrifice: Dad Says, "We Need to Leave-Now!" Resourcefulness: The Girl Who Needed a Flute
Chapter 9. The Revealer (Role #4) Albert Einstein's Master Parents The Art of Supplementing Education Exposure to the World-and Harsh Realities
Chapter 10. The Philosopher (Role #5) The Preschooler Who Debated Aristotle in the Bathtub What the Philosopher Creates, Part 1: Bree Newsome's Mission What the Philosopher Creates, Part 2: Jarell Lee's Purpose
Chapter 11. The Model (Role #6) A Ripple Effect When the Past Provides the Model Tracing Family Mindset
Chapter 12. The Negotiator (Role #7) Bringing a Child to the Bargaining Table Negotiators, not Pushovers Master Parent versus Tiger Parent Is the Formula the Superior American Style of Parenting?
Chapter 13. Mastering Hurdles Success Mindset How "Gritty" Ryan Quarles Found a Way to Win Maggie Masters a Memory Slip The Future News Anchor Who Stuttered
Chapter 14. The GPS (Role #8) The Navigational Voice in Their Head The GPS and the Fully Realized Human Being The Achievers as Parents
Conclusion: The Formula's Secret Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Authors