Today’s students face unprecedented pressure to succeed. Yet this drive to optimize performance has only resulted in skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, and even self-harm among students in America’s highest-achieving schools. Parents, educators and community leaders are facing the same quandary: How can we teach our kids to strive towards excellence without crushing them?
In this exclusive ParentEd Talks event, prominent journalist and author of the pathbreaking new book “Never Enough” Jennifer B. Wallace discusses the cultural, social and economic factors that have caused this toxic achievement pressure to reach a boiling point — and what parents can do about it.
About the book
“Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It”
Jennifer B. Wallace has written the definitive book about the rise of “toxic achievement culture” overtaking our kids’ and parents’ lives, and outlines a new framework for fighting back.
Jennifer B. Wallace is an award-winning journalist and social commentator covering parenting and lifestyle trends. She is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and appears on television to discuss her articles and other hot topics in the news. After graduating from Harvard College, Wallace began her career in television at “60 Minutes,” where she worked as a journalist for many years. She lives in New York City with her husband and their three children. For more information, visit her website.
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