The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children
The Formula: A Book on Raising Successful Children The Formula is a book by Ron Ferguson, a faculty member at Harvard Kennedy School, and journalist Tatsha Robertson. The book aims to answer the question of whether there is a recipe for youthful success. After interviewing families of successful young adults, Ferguson and Robertson found that good parenting is the common origin of these individual successes. The Story Behind the Book Tatsha Robertson started interviewing successful people in 2005 to understand how they got that way. She found that parenting might have something to do with it. Meanwhile, Ron Ferguson was working on a project called the "How I Was Parented" Project, in which Harvard students interviewed fellow students to discuss how parenting had gotten them where they were. The two connected, and their discussion eventually led to the research and writing of The Formula. The Eight Parental Roles 🧩 Early Learning Partner: engaging with the...
