In this conversation on social-emotional health, we explore the attribute of failure. So many students today report their lack of experience with failure, either from protective parents, a school system bent towards low thresholds, or from a general uneasiness about the idea. But, so many adults would say they learned the most from their most significant failures, that it was their experiences through failure that taught them about themselves, the world, and how to live well. Can we learn to embrace failure as a lifestyle?

This episode corresponds to an interactive social-emotional lesson plan called Epic Fail, available to middle schools and high schools.