How to Talk to Kids about Toxic Achievement Culture with Jennifer Wallace

#top .av-special-heading.av-ll2f391x-5baf36112672fdecea442224c51109a1{ padding-bottom:10px; } body .av-special-heading.av-ll2f391x-5baf36112672fdecea442224c51109a1 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{ font-size:25px; } .av-special-heading.av-ll2f391x-5baf36112672fdecea442224c51109a1 .av-subheading{ font-size:15px; } How to Talk to Kids about Toxic Achievement Culture .avia-image-container.av-ll2fkjxa-c9e55369d38c9f182f1418c3b58af4aa img.avia_image{ box-shadow:none; } .avia-image-container.av-ll2fkjxa-c9e55369d38c9f182f1418c3b58af4aa .av-image-caption-overlay-center{ color:#ffffff; } Together, let’s unravel the complexities of modern academia and discover how parental guidance can make a transformative difference in your child’s life. Join Dr. Robyn as she explores insightful strategies, heartfelt stories, and expert advice from award-winning journalist and author Jennifer Wallace. Guest Expert: Jennifer Wallace We’re probably all felt it—this ever-more competitive race that today’s students run each day towards the best possible future—feeling the crushing pressure to do more, more, more, jamming their schedules full of resume-padding activities, AP classes, tutoring and whatever else that can give them an edge over the rest so that they can get into the right colleges, that gets them on the right path towards the right future. At the same time, we have skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm and more—is it possible to help kids strive towards excellence without having the process crush them while on their way? For this, we are speaking with Jennifer Wallace. Bio Jennifer Wallace is an award-wining journalist and contributor to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. She lives in NY with her husband and their teen teenagers—and she has a new book, out August 22, called “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic- And What We Can Do About It.” #top .av-special-heading.av-ll2fcxrw-a65c25a7dee9dc0ae29262e9bd9976af{ padding-bottom:10px; } body .av-special-heading.av-ll2fcxrw-a65c25a7dee9dc0ae29262e9bd9976