Recommended Reading
DR. KINSEY'S RECOMMENDED READING
Head of School Dr. Kinsey curates a list of recommended books that Hewitt faculty and families have found useful and inspiring.
Teaching and Parenting
- 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 Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling by William Damon
- Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids by Denise Pope, Maureen Brown, and Sarah Miles
- Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel
Girls' Learning
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
- Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions to Adulthood by Lisa Damour
- The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence by Rachel Simmons
- Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
- Girls & Sex: Navigating the New and Complicated Landscape by Peggy Orenstein
Mindfulness
- Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Life by Marilee Adams
- The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World by Haemin Sunim
- In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré
- Rising Strong by Brené Brown
Leadership
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins
- Visioneering: Your Guide for Discovering and Maintaining Personal Vision by Andy Stanley
- Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee
- Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek
- Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone
TALKING WITH YOUR DAUGHTERS
Our division heads and director of diversity and inclusivity collaborate 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.
- Current Events
- Gender and Sexuality
- Race
- Promoting Diversity and Inclusivity at Home
- Identity Development
- Supporting Student Activism at Home
- News Sources for Lower School Students
- News Sources for Middle School Students
- News Sources for Upper School Students
Current Events
- Helping Children Cope with Frightening News via Child Mind Institute
- How to Help Kids Feel Safe After Tragedy via PBS Parents
- Talking to Children About Tragedies via American Academy of Pediatrics
- Talking to Children About Disasters via American Academy of Pediatrics
- Explaining the News to Our Kids via Common Sense Media
- How to Talk to Children About Shootings: An Age By Age Guide via Today
- 8 Books to Help Children Understand Natural Disasters and Cope With Anxiety via Forbes
- Helping Children Cope with Terrorism - Tips for Families and Educators via the National Association of School Psychologists
Gender and Sexuality
- Gender Identity Development in Children via the American Academy of Pediatrics
- How to Talk to Kids About Gender and Sexuality via NYU Child Study Center
- From the Dress Up Corner to the Senior Prom: Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK-12 Schools by Jennifer Bryan
- Can We Have a (Sex Positive) Talk? via Psychology Today
Race
- How Young Children Perceive Race by Robyn M Holmes and John H. Stanfield
- The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism by Deborah Van Ausdale and Joe Feagin
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- What White Children Need to Know About Race via NAIS
- What’s Missing from the Conversation: The Growth Mindset in Cultural Competency via NAIS
- Teaching Tolerance: How White Parents Should Talk to Their Young Kids About Race via Slate
- 100 Race Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child to Advance Racial Justice via Raising Race Conscious Children
- The Dos and Dont’s of Talking to Kids of Color About White Supremacy via Colorlines
- How to Talk to your Kids about the Violence in Charlottesville via The Los Angeles Times
- Talking to Kids After Racial Incidents via University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Promoting Diversity and Inclusivity at Home
- Books That Promote Tolerance and Diversity via Common Sense Media
- How to Talk to your Kids about Charlottesville via the New York Times
- Knowing Our History to Build a Brighter Future: Books to Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality via Brightly
- 40+ Children’s Books about Human Rights & Social Justice via Nia House Learning Center
Identity Development
- All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color – Todos los Colores de Nuestra Piel: La historia de por qué tenemos diferentes colores de piel by Katie Kissinger
- Supporting Healthy Identity Development via Teaching for Change
- Developmental Overview via Teaching for Change
- Why Talk About Whiteness? via Teaching Tolerance
- Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice via Teaching Tolerance
Supporting Student Activism at Home
- Youth Activist’s Toolkit via Advocates for Youth
- Youth Activism Project
- Teen Activist Project via the New York Civil Liberties Union
- Student Activism in School via Accredited Schools Online
- 10 Ways Youth Can Engage in Activism via the Anti-Defamation League
News Sources for Lower School Students
- HTE Kids News
- News-O-Matic
- NBC Learn
- Newsela
- Time for Kids
- Xyza: News for Kids
- Scholastic Kids Press Corp
We partner closely with Common Sense Media, an organization devoted to reviewing and rating media for young people. We invite you to visit their write-ups of the below websites and resources.
News Sources for Middle School Students
- Newsela
- Time for Kids
- Xyza: New for Kids
- Youngzine
- Scholastic Kids Press Corp
- Nick News
- The Learning Network
- HuffPost Teen
- What Kids Can Do
- PBS News Hour
We partner closely with Common Sense Media, an organization devoted to reviewing and rating media for young people. We invite you to visit their write-ups of the below websites and resources.
News Sources for Upper School Students
- The Learning Network
- HuffPost Teen
- Teen Vogue
- NPR
- PolitiFact
- PBS News Hour
We partner closely with Common Sense Media, an organization devoted to reviewing and rating media for young people. We invite you to visit their write-ups of the below websites and resources.