1. Julie Lythcott-Haims has written three non-fiction books: How to Raise an Adult, on parenting; Real American, a memoir; and Your Turn: How to Be an Adult.
18 Facts About Julie Lythcott-Haims
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Julie Lythcott-Haims served as dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising at Stanford University.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims is a member of the Palo Alto city council.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims's father, George Ignatius Lythcott, was a pediatrician, a professor at Columbia University, the Edward Jenner Professor of Public Health at UW Madison and served as Assistant Surgeon General under President Jimmy Carter.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims's mother, Jean Snookes, is a retired teacher and professor of education at Columbia University Teachers College.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims grew up in small towns in New York, Wisconsin, and Virginia.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims earned her Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims earned a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Fine Arts in writing from California College of the Arts.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims is the former dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising, and former associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Stanford University.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims held various positions with the university for 14 years until leaving in 2012.
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However, in 2024, Julie Lythcott-Haims confirmed she resigned her position at Stanford in 2012 after an "inappropriate" relationship with a student which became public after the former student wrote about it on Autostraddle.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims' 2015 book, How to Raise an Adult, was a New York Times best-seller on the education list.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims' advice is most valuable when it gets down to the brass tacks of how to cultivate a parenting style that produces a resilient, resourceful grownup.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims's father was a prominent African American physician, her mother white and British, and she was the only non-white student in her high school graduating class.
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In 2008, Julie Lythcott-Haims was chosen as a Barack Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention from California's 14th congressional district.
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In November 2022, Julie Lythcott-Haims was elected to the Palo Alto city council.
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In 2023, Julie Lythcott-Haims announced her candidacy for California's 16th congressional district in the 2024 United States House of Representatives elections.
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Julie Lythcott-Haims has two adult children and is married to Dan Julie Lythcott-Haims.