Recommended Reading

Dr. Kinsey's Recommended Reading

Head of School Dr. Kinsey curates a list of recommended reading that Hewitt faculty and families have found useful and inspiring.

Education

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel
The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling by William Damon
What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America by Ted Dintersmith
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School by Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine
Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids by Denise Pope, Maureen Brown, and Sarah Miles

Parenting

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents by Lisa Damour
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional Development by Richard Weissbourd

Research on Girls and Women

Articles by Lisa Damour
Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Lisa Damour
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions to Adulthood by Lisa Damour
Teaching Girls by Peter Kuriloff, Shannon Andrus, and Charlotte Jacobs
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein
The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence by Rachel Simmons
Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives by Rachel Simmons
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics by Kimberlé Crenshaw
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Avoiding Racial Equity Detours by Paul Gorski
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education by Ali Michael
How Girls Achieve by Sally A. Nuamah
Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Diversity and Free Expression in Education by John Palfrey
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele

Presence

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
Rising Strong : How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement, and More by Mallika Chopra
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim

Leadership

Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins
New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World–and How to Make It Work for You by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen
The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging by Charles Vogl
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman

TALKING WITH YOUR DAUGHTERS

Our division heads collaborate with Hewitt’s Office of Equity and Community Life on a collection of books, articles, and online resources designed to support ongoing conversations with your daughters about topics that are sometimes difficult and challenging.