cover of episode Why are teens so stressed? [Jennifer Wallace]

Why are teens so stressed? [Jennifer Wallace]

2024/12/5
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Are our kids buckling under the pressure of academics and sports? Achievement culture flows downstream from ambitious parents who are looking to “future proof” their kids. It comes from a place of love, but comes at the steep cost of mental health challenges. [Episode 79]

Jennifer Wallace is a journalist, mother and author of the book Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It.

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