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If Silicon Valley has an official matriarch, it might be the Palo Alto based educator and writer Esther Wojcicki. Popularly known as the “Godmother of Silicon Valley”, Wojcicki is the mother of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki and anthropologist and professor Janet Wojcicki. And, of course, she's also the mother-in-law of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. So how does “Woj”, who, as the founder of the Media Arts program, taught for many years at Palo Alto High School, make sense of the last twenty years in which the zeitgeist has shifted from an evangelical faith in technological progress to a deep suspicion of it. And how does Wojcicki look back at her own family history in this period which has been marked by both astonishingly good fortune and terrible tragedy?Esther Wojcicki is an educator and the author of the 2019 bestseller, "How to Raise Successful People."Wojcicki's daughters are YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki and anthropologist and professor Janet Wojcicki. Wojcicki is founder of the Media Arts program at Palo Alto High School and vice chair of Creative Commons. Known as the "Godmother of Silicon Valley," she has been involved with GoogleEdu since its founding and helped establish the Google Teacher Academy. She is an expert in blended learning, the subject of her 2015 book "Moonshots in Education."Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

The Biden administration wants to expand access to popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic. The new proposal would allow millions of obese Americans covered by Medicaid and Medicare to be eligible for the drugs. Out-of-pocket costs could plunge as much as 95%. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder explains what to know about the proposed rule.More than 5,000 public schools have closed in recent years, often due to low enrollment, leading to abandoned buildings. One Detroit nonprofit is helping underserved communities repurposed the closed schools. CBS News' Meg Oliver shows how the program is changing neighborhoods and lives.In an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki discusses the challenges of losing family, recent company changes, and her vision for the company's future.In an exclusive interview, Anne and Janet Wojcicki share how their family is working to raise awareness and fund research following Susan Wojcicki's death from lung cancer.Iconic band The Grateful Dead, is remembering one of the band's original members, Phil Lesh, who died in October at 84 years old. The surviving original members of the band credit Lesh for the impact he made in each of their lives and revealed they were hoping to play together one more time.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Esther Hochman Wojcicki is an author, journalist, educator, vice-chair of the Creative Commons Advisory Council and founder of the highly regarded Palo Alto High School Media Arts program (the largest journalism program in the States). She is also known as the “Godmother of Silicon Valley”. And has raised 3 daughters, regarded as some of the most successful women in Silicon Valley. There's Susan Wojcicki, the oldest, who is the CEO of YouTube; Janet Wojcicki, a Fulbright-winning anthropologist & professor of pediatrics at the University of California, and Anne Wojcicki - co-founder of 23andme: a genomics company that lets you test for ancestry and health risks. Anne was most recently listed as number 93 in Forbes List of World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2020!But what does it take to raise successful people? What is Esther Wojcicki's famed T.R.I.C.K. methodology & how do those principles translate into the classroom? What was Steve Jobs like in person?Is it good to be a tiger mum sometimes?And what has she been up to during the COVID-19 pandemic and what advice does she have for parents raising children during this strange period in time?All that and more in this episode.Highlights:3:54: Growing up as a Russian Jewish immigrant7:02 Why Esther thought education was necessary for her survival10:41 Being disowned for pursuing a university degree13:59 Becoming a mother16:51 Figuring out how to be a parent19:41: The lemon girls20:59: Swimming at 12 months old!23:05: Table manners27:38: Teaching at Palo Alto High School33:09: Steve Jobs & 7 free Macintosh 36:54: “How to Raise Successful People” 38:34: Defining “success”40:09: What the T.R.I.C.K. methodology48:58: How tiger mums can help kids become more independent49:45: Are there instances when you need to be a tiger mum?50:43: Founding the Tract with Ari Memar56:41: The 20% rule

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. In this episode of “https://www.teachercast.net/episodes/ask-the-tech-coach/ (Ask the Tech Coach),” Jeff and Susan welcome http://tract.app/ (Tract) co-founders Esther Wojcicki and Ari Memar, a peer-to-peer online community designed for kids in grades 3 - 12 to discover new interests, fuel their creativity, and develop 21st Century skills through engaging classes and clubs led by outstanding student leaders who inspire, mentor, and guide kid's learning. onto the program to discuss the importance of having all of our students exited to come to school each day to experience dynamic learning experiences. If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, https://www.teachercast.net/podcastguestform (please contact the podcast).  We would love to have you join the show. Join the TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network! Are you a Tech Coach or looking to become one this year? Are you searching for support in your position? The https://www.teachercast.net/TCNForm (TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network), is a brand new Professional Learning Network designed specifically for Tech Coaches and designed to provide weekly support for all Instructional Coaches. https://www.teachercast.net/TCNForm (Click Here to Join!) About Tract http://tract.app/ (Tract) is the world's first peer-to-peer learning platform that provides kids ages 8+ with project-based learning activities to ignite their imagination and help them develop creativity, independence, critical thinking skills, and skills in problem-solving. Tract content can be used in school or at home in a 100 percent ad-free environment that is moderated and curated by a team of education experts led by Esther Wojcicki. Learn more at http://tract.app/ (tract.app). https://teach.tract.app/ ()   Links of Interest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tractlearning/ (@tractlearning) Twitter: https://twitter.com/tractlearning (@tractlearning) Facebook: http://facebook.com/tractlearning (@tractlearning ) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tract-learning/ (@tract-learning) TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@tract.app (@tract.app) About our Guests Esther Wojcicki - Tract Cofounder + Chief Learning Officer Esther Wojcicki is known as the GodMother of Silicon Valley because of the number of highly successful students coming out of her program at Palo Alto High. She is co-founder of http://tract.app/ (TractLearning), Inc (2020), founder of the largest scholastic media program in the US at Palo Alto High (1984), the 2002 California Teacher of the Year; a 2009 MacArthur Foundation Research Fellow. Dr. Wojcicki was Chair of Creative Commons, Chair of PBS Learning Matters, and on the Board of the Freedom Forum, the Newseum, & the Alliance for Excellent Education. She co-founded the Journalistic Learning Initiative at the University of Oregon, is CEO of GlobalMoonshotsinEducation.org (2019) and holds three honorary doctorates. She is the author of Moonshots in Education (2014) and How to Raise Successful People (May, 2019). She is mother of CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki; CEO of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, and Fulbright Scholar, Janet Wojcicki. Ari Memar = Tract Cofounder + CEO Ari Memar is the CEO and Co-founder of Tract - the world's first peer-to-peer learning community - which he started with his former high school teacher, Esther Wojcicki. Prior to starting http://tract.app/ (Tract), Ari was a Product Leader at Uber, helping start and scale several new business lines within Uber's New Mobility division. Contact the Podcast! http://www.teachercast.net/VoiceMail (TeacherCast.net/VoiceMail) Twitter: http://twitter.com/askthetechcoach (@AskTheTechCoach) Email: feedback@teachercast.net Subscribe to “Ask the Tech Coach”...

The true meaning of empowering children is to help them claim the rights to their own life so that they can lead with a sense of confidence, clarity, and courage. The key is to trust  children to make their own mistakes while trusting yourself to resist the temptation of wanting to do everything for them. On this episode, leading American educator, author of the book How to Raise Successful People, Vice Chair of Creative Commons, journalist and mother of three accomplished daughters, Esther Wojcicki, discusses how to raise and teach children to become independent thinkers and self-reliant learners. By handing more control over to children, adults are likely to promote the growth of their pre-frontal cortex and inadvertently strengthen their Executive Function for life.About Esther WojcickiEsther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esther's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23&Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States.  Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. She is the author of Moonshots in Education (2014) and best seller How to Raise Successful People (May, 2019).  She is co founder of Tract.app (2020) an innovative way to empower students using a peer to peer model.Book:How to Raise Successful PeopleMoonshots in EducationWebsites:http://tract.appwww.wojway.comwww.globalmoonshotsineducation.orgwww.estherwoj.netHelpful Articles:"The mother of two Silicon Valley CEOs and a college professor shares her secret to raising successful kids" Quartz Article"Want to Raise Successful Kids? Try the 5-Part 'TRICK' Formula" Inc Article"Parenting Lessons with Esther Wojcicki" Worth ArticleAbout Host, Sucheta KamathSucheta Kamath, is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a TEDx speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of ExQ®. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed ExQ's personalized digital learning curriculum/tool that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competenSupport the show

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esther's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23&Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. She is the author of Moonshots in Education (2014) and best seller How to Raise Successful People (May, 2019). She is co founder of Tract.app (2020) an innovative way to empower students by gamifying education using a peer to peer model. Key Takeaways: 00:30 Esther's Favorite Thing about Working with Young Learners 09:28 The Challenge for Educators with New Technologies 18:23 COVID and Alternative Education 25:32 Important Skills for Children to Have 35:19 Two Different Kinds of Bad Parenting 37:00 The Courage To Be Different and Vulnerable 45:50 How can Teenagers meet their Social Needs? 47:56 Metaphor comparing Traditional Education with Self-directed Education Quotes: "Young learners, they're incredibly creative and you would never be able to predict what they're going to ask or do or say. And I love that. Unpredictability and I love their creativity." "You don't learn to be kind unless you are treated with kindness." "When you trust the child, they then feel good about themselves. And then they trust themselves." "An innovation comes from taking a risk. So you cannot be innovative as long as you're unwilling to put yourself in this sort of vulnerable position." “The social, emotional skills are more important than anything. And those are the skills you, parents, can teach while your kid is at home now.” Social Links: Esther Wojcicki LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/estherwojcicki/ Co-Founder- http://tract.app Dean: HarmonyPlus; Palo Alto High Journalism Founder: Creative Commons; JournalisticLearningInitiative Advisory Council: How to Raise Successful People; ThriveGlobal Blogger; Founder: https://globalmoonshots.org/ Books: Moonshots in Education

Esther Wojcicki joins I want Her Job for a third time to discuss her latest project, Tract.app, a new student directed online resource for peer to peer learning where teenagers create content for children 8+.  The Tract leaning pathways contain courses that your kids will actually want to learn. Courses such as The Science and Ethics of Junk Food Engineering, How Cheetahs Run as Fast as a Car, What does it take to become a comic book artist, What Makes a Great Soccer Player, Pokémon Plant & Animal Biology are created by teenagers and have a project based approach. This learning community supports Esther’s core belief in giving kids 20% of their time to independently pursue their interests. Esther Wojcicki has experienced tremendous success as a mother and a teacher. Each of her daughters have impressive career achievements. Daughter Susan Wojcicki, is the CEO of YouTube, Janet Wojcicki, is a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco; and Anne Wokcicki is the founder and CEO of genetic testing company 23andMe. Esther has been squarely at the center of Silicon Valley for her entire career as an influential, deeply loved and respected teacher. Thousands of students who went through the journalism program Esther created at Palo Alto High School (and later on to pivotal roles in the tech industry and others) often consider the experience life-changing both for the work they did, and for the respect, autonomy and the bar set by Esther. Given her wisdom and experience as a mother and teacher, we spoke with Esther in May 2020, in episode 117, about her thoughts on opportunities for the K-12 education system to evolve throughout the COVID-19 crisis. As Esther shared in our conversation, the current education system is operating at a model that is 100 years old. Esther shared ideas for modernizing education through a hybrid model that encourages students to practice creativity, while also spending a portion of their time on projects they are interested in pursuing. Esther shared tips for parents on how to inspire younger, and older, students during homeschooling. The new Tract.app is a perfect extension of Esther’s goals to help students thrive.  Once you listen to episode #117, we recommend you go back and download episode #96, recorded in 2019. In that conversation Esther shared the guiding principles she has used to raise her wildly successful daughters, as well as empower students through her journalism program. We discussed Esther’s best-selling book, How To Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons For Radical Results, and the parenting philosophy Esther uses called TRICK: trust, respect, independence, collaboration and kindness.  If you want to be a part of the Tract.app pilot group, sign up with the code “WOJSPEFCIAL” and receive free access for a year. As a. Member of the pilot group, you will be asked to offer your feedback on the tract.app and courses. Follow us @iwhjpodcast

Esther Wojcicki has had tremendous success as a mother and teacher. Each of Esther’s daughters have impressive career achievements: Susan Wojcicki, is the CEO of YouTube; Janet Wojcicki is a professor of pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco; and Anne Wojcicki, is the founder and CEO of genetic testing company 23andMe. At the center of Silicon Valley for her entire career as an influential, loved and respected teacher, Esther also is a dedicated community member. With Google famously beginning its empire in daughter Susan’s garage, Esther has truly been surrounded by the tech revolution. Thousands of students who went through the journalism program Esther created at Palo Alto High School often consider the experience life changing – both for the work they did, and for the respect, autonomy and the bar set by Esther.  Given Esther’s wisdom and experience as a mother and teacher, we were excited to speak with Esther about her thoughts on opportunities for the K-12 education system to evolve throughout the Covid-19 crisis. As Esther shares in this conversation, the current education system is operating at a model 100 years old. Esther shares ideas for modernizing education through a hybrid model that encourages students to practice creativity and spend a portion of their time on projects they are interested in pursuing. Esther suggests we see this time as an opportunity to set up systems that encourage students to focus on critical thinking skills vs. the standard memorization model. Esther also shares tips for parents on how to Inspire younger and older students during home schooling.  We hope you also download our episode #96 from 2019 where Esther shared the guiding principles she has used to raise her wildly successful daughters, as well as in her journalism program.  We discussed Esther’s book, How To Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons For Radical Results,and the parenting philosophy Esther uses called TRICK, which stands for trust, respect, independence, collaboration and kindness. You can sign up for Esther’s new newsletter, wojway for guidance on navigating the COVID-19 world of remote learning. To contact the show reach out to: podcast@iwantherjob.com  Sign up for our newsletter and find more interviews:  www.iwantherjob.com Follow us on @iwantherjob

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

Esther Wojcicki is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They are the result of TRICK, Esthers secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. Simple lessons, but the results are radical. Esther Wojcicki is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23 And Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States. In this interview, Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential. Change your parenting, change the world!

What exactly do we want for our children? I've found out that parents, at least most want their children to be healthy, happy, and successful in life. If there is any way a parent can ensure a brighter and better future for their children, they will surely follow the path. One of the core tenets of American society is the belief and drive for the current generation to ensure that they hand over a better country to the future generation. That is why America is great as a country, it is about continuous improvement. So how can we ensure a better future for our children? Do parents have any contribution to how successful their children will be?  In my quest to find answers to these essential questions, I came across someone that has confidently and successfully raised successful people. She has been called “The Godmother of Silicon Valley,” she is a teacher, grandmother, and she came up with a simple principle that can help anyone empower and raise successful people. Esther Wojcicki is the mother of Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, Janet Wojcicki, a University professor, and Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe. She recently wrote a book, rightfully titled “How to raise successful people.” In the book, she shared five core values that are essential for raising successful people. How exactly did she do it? Are there any lessons that we can learn from her principles? I read her new book, and I had the opportunity of interviewing Esther. The following are the five core values that you need to raise successful people: 1. TRUST 2. RESPECT 3. INDEPENDENCE 4. COLLABORATION 5. KINDNESS --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-winners-ways-podcast/support

Esther Wojcicki is asked about parenting advice – sometimes over 10 times a day! In How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results, Esther shares the guiding principles she has used to raise her wildly successful daughters, as well as in her teaching of journalism to students at Palo Alto High School who affectionately call her Woj. Her parenting philosophy can be distilled into a combination of values and practices within an acronym called TRICK, which stands for trust, respect, independence, collaboration and kindness. In her book, Esther drills into each area, explaining why she believes each component to TRICK is critical. She also offers ideas for utilizing her TRICK philosophy with your children, and shares dozens of memorable stories. There is no doubt the book will be a best seller since Esther has had such tremendous success as a mother and teacher. Each of Esther’s daughters have phenomenal career achievements. Daughter, Susan Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube; Janet Wojcicki is a professor of pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco; and Anne Wojcicki, is the founder and CEO of genetic testing company 23andMe. At the center of Silicon Valley for her entire career as an influential teacher, Esther also is a dedicated community member. With Google famously beginning its empire in daughter Susan’s garage, Esther has truly been surrounded by the tech revolution. Hundreds of Esther’s students still keep in touch with her, and as her daughters say in the book’s foreword, they often meet former students who say, “You know, your mom really changed my life. She believed in me.” Esther has been nominated for national awards for her teaching and thousands of students who went through her program often consider the experience life changing – both for the work they did, and for the respect, autonomy and the bar set by Esther. In addition to sharing her philosophy for raising independent, kind and community-oriented children, Esther’s book feels like a handbook for global citizenship. She firmly believes that kindness, finding ways to help others and the quality of our relationships are at the forefront of a happy life.  In our conversation, Esther shares how tragedy and other intense difficulties  during her childhood influenced her parenting philosophy. We discuss why using TRICK with children and in schools leads to radical results and learn hands-on tactics for using TRICK in your family. Esther is a brilliant example of the impact one teacher can have, and the joy of living a life of purpose.

#113 — How to Raise Successful Children: Trust and Respect in Parenting, School, and Business Why is so much parenting advice seemingly in direct conflict with others? How do we determine who is correct? How do we make these emotional decisions for ourselves? Esther Wojcicki is considered the most influential educator in contemporary times and her pedagogical and epistemological philosophy is being adapted by local Silicon Valley schools as well as national and global educational programs. She is the pioneer of Moonshot Thinking, a program that she uses in schools, and her influence in technology-enabled schools has been central to the tenants and design of new modern education systems. She is also known as the mother in Silicon Valley who raised three of the most successful women in the United States. You may recognize her as the mother of Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube; of Janet Wojcicki, who has a PhD in medical anthropology and teaches at the University of California San Francisco’s medical center; and Anna Wojcicki, the founder of the biotech and genetics testing company 23andMe. Today on this episode we get to talk to Esther about her core principles in her pedagogical style and her parenting style. How she promotes independence, critical thinking and encourages kids to dive into topics that truly excite them. Her focus and work is on how to help children become young adults by developing the self-sufficiency to take control of their futures. IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT How pregnancy and birth recommendations have changed over the last 40 years. How giving even the youngest children jobs or tasks can increase their feelings of accomplishment and self-worth. The value behind speaking to babies and toddlers like they are a partner and understanding presence.   Her acronym for success, TRICK, which stands for: trust, respect, independence, collaboration and kindness. That giving young children the space to be independent teaches them that: they are capable and that you trust them. How the single piece of advice Dr. Woj wants to pass on to new mothers is quite simple: trust yourself. No one knows your baby better than you. What Dr. Woj considers to be the main value of sleep training (hint: it’s not sleep). How successful businesses embody the same relationship with their employees that Dr. Woj used to raise her children and currently uses with her students. FULL SHOW NOTES Get the complete show notes with episode quotes, photos, and time stamps at http://www.startuppregnant.com/113. LEARN MORE ABOUT ESTHER WOJCICKI    Wojcicki is a leading American educator, journalist and mother. Leader in Blending Learning and the integration of technology into education, she is the founder of the Media Arts program at Palo Alto High School, where she built a journalism program from a small group of 20 students in 1984 to one of the largest in the nation including 600 students, five additional journalism teachers, and nine award-winning journ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startuppregnant/message

Author and journalism educator Esther Wojcicki, Silicon Valley’s “mother of dragons,” talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results. In this episode: Why Wojcicki became a journalism educator and why she threw out her curriculum in the mid-1980s; how she became “the Woj” to her students; embracing the internet and news literacy; the state of journalism in 2019; the power of giving kids independence; how Esther raised her own daughters: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki and epidemiologist Janet Wojcicki; persisting in the face of gender discrimination; why she wasn’t surprised by the college admissions cheating scandal; why relationships, not wealth, lead to happiness; being surrounded by the extreme wealth of Silicon Valley; is the internet corrosive to kids?; how to fix the internet; and how to train and prepare children for the digital age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did one woman raise TWO of the nation's top CEO's and a doctor? In this episode, we talk to Esther Wojcicki, mother of Susan Wojcicki (CEO of YouTube), Anne Wojcicki (co-founder and CEO of 23&Me), and Janet Wojcicki  (professor at pediatrics at UCSF), to find out how.  Esther is a leading international educator, journalist, and the author of the new book, How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results.  Her approach to parenting is the opposite of what you might think: take a step back, relax, and allow your child to lead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When epidemiologists study cohorts – or rather, a group of people who have commonalities such as age, ethnicity or social class – they can often garner information that’s beyond their original research. Janet Wojcicki of the University of California, San Francisco, has been following a Latina cohort that was recruited in pregnancy and followed for a number of years. "Our primary outcome was really to better understand factors that are related to obesity and development of chronic disease in early childhood, but we also measured telomeres – the protective cap of the DNA." Shorter telomeres are associated with chronic disease development. Wojcicki found in this cohort that early, exclusive breastfeeding of infants was linked to longer telomeres. She says they are now looking into why this particular cohort has a very high rate of asthma. "So we’re trying to understand, is it because we have a lot of obesity in our cohort? Is it something about the neighborhoods that families are living in, where they have environmental exposure? So, that’s something else."

From colonizing microbiomes to lowering the risk of allergies, breastfeeding is well known to have many health benefits in children. But what’s happening on the cellular level is a little more uncertain. According to epidemiologist Janet Wojcicki of the University of California, San Francisco, early breastfeeding may in fact be linked to longer telomeres. These are the protective caps on our DNA. Shorter telomeres are known to increase the risk of chronic disease later on in life. "Early exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding to 6 months of age were associated with longer telomeres when children entered kindergarten/elementary school. Cause we know from other studies that breastfeeding has a whole array of benefits – immunological, protective against respiratory illnesses, protective against obesity. But we don’t really know in all cases what the mechanism is. And so the fact that it’s impacting at the cellular level was very exciting."

If you or a loved one are putting off that colonoscopy because the thought of the procedure is off-putting, there’s a less invasive one that University of California, San Francisco’s Dr. Judy Yee helped pioneer. It’s called the virtual colonoscopy. "This is a new test that employs low radiation dose CT scan to acquire data that we can then view on advanced graphical workstations to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional views of the colon, to help physicians screen for colorectal cancer." And while we’re on the subject of three-dimensional work, we also meet up with lab engineer Chen Zhu of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Zhu was part of a team of scientists at the Livermore Lab and the University of California, Santa Cruz who successfully 3D-printed ultralight supercapacitors using an aerogel made out of the ‘miracle material’, graphene. So what does this breakthrough mean for you in the future? Well, how about a highly efficient energy storage system for your smartphone? "If you have iPhone in the future, it can store the energy very quickly and release the energy very fast. So it has very wide applications." Finally, we head back to UCSF to chat with epidemiologist Janet Wojcicki . In an obesity study that focused on Latino children, she found a connection between breastfeeding and telomere length. These are the protective caps on your DNA that are linked to a higher risk of health problems like heart disease and diabetes later in life. "Exclusive breastfeeding at 4 to 6 weeks of age and breastfeeding at six months were associated with longer telomere length in children at 4 to 5 years age." This study may open up a whole new way to predict and prevent conditions early in a child’s life. Hear these and other stories about University of California research by subscribing to UC Science Today on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks for listening, I’m Larissa Branin. Subscribe to Science Today: iTunes: apple.co/1TQBewD Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/science-today Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ucsciencetoday Stories mentioned in this roundup: https://soundcloud.com/sciencetoday/virtual_colonoscopy https://soundcloud.com/sciencetoday/energy_storage https://soundcloud.com/sciencetoday/telomere_breastfeeding

Can exclusively breastfeeding a baby lengthen their telomeres, or the protective caps on their DNA? Shorter telomeres are linked to a higher risk of health problems like heart disease and diabetes later on in life. While studying obesity in a group of Latino children, epidemiologist Janet Wojcicki of the University of California, San Francisco noticed a connection between telomere length and breastfeeding habits. "Exclusive breastfeeding at 4 to 6 weeks of age and breastfeeding at 6 months were associated with longer telomere length in children at 4 to 5 years of age." Telomeres protect our cells as they divide and help prevent chronic disease. This is the first study linking breastfeeding and diet to early telomere shortening, and may help researchers predict and work to prevent conditions early in a child’s life. "This can be seen as in the realm of precision medicine – how do we use this particular tool, maybe, to help the risk prediction for future development of metabolic disease?"