Parents – you can have an impact on how your teenager deals with life. Remember that you are the models for them. Try not to get caught up in the fast pace. You can help them with-
#4– Perception: Is “having it all” the American dream or is it “having unlimited potential?” There is a difference.
Commentary by Margaret Murchan, LCSW
Resources and recommended readings on this topic:
The Hurried Child by David Elkind
Doing School: How We are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic and Miseducated Students by Denise Clark Pope
The Price of Privelege by Madeline Levine, Ph.D