Jessica Lahey is a mom who believes every substance abuse story begins at home but can be prevented with an addiction inoculation. She uses her Bachelor’s in comparative literature and her law school degree in juvenile education as a teacher and a writer. For over twenty years, she’s taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools as well as New England’s most addicted children in an inpatient drug and alcohol rehab.
Jessica writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post and the New York Times, among other publications. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed.
After years of her own alcohol abuse recovery, she was determined not to pass on the most dangerous inheritance to her sons. She’s just published The Addiction Innoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. This hybrid memoir and science-based research approach discusses how anxiety and substance abuse are bedfellows. The European drinking age myth, zero tolerance, and the idea of “delay, delay, delay” are all examined. It’s an important read for all teachers, parents, counselors, and coaches.
Jessica hosts a podcast called #amwriting with advice on the craft, productivity, and creativity for writers and journalists in all genres. She loves living in Vermont with her husband, an infectious disease specialist who has been very busy this year, her two sons, and her three dogs and two cats. During her free time, she loves to knit and garden.
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