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Never enough : when achievement culture becomes toxic--and what we can do about it / Jennifer Breheny Wallace.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2023]Description: xxi, 297 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593191866
  • 0593191862
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Never enoughDDC classification:
  • 370.15 23/eng/20230313
LOC classification:
  • LB1062.6 .W35 2023
Contents:
Introduction. Running with their eyes closed -- Why are our kids "at risk"? -- Name it to tame it -- The power of mattering -- You first -- Taking the kettle off the heat -- Envy -- Greater expectations -- The ripple effect -- Resources: Taking action: at home -- Taking action: for educators -- Taking action: community efforts.
Summary: "In Never Enough, reporter Jennifer Breheny Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture. Drawing on interviews with families, educators, and psychologists, she offers a humane view of the crisis plaguing today's teens and a practical framework for how to help"--
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Book Book Sonoma Academy Library 370.15 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 10/05/2023 107744
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index.

Introduction. Running with their eyes closed -- Why are our kids "at risk"? -- Name it to tame it -- The power of mattering -- You first -- Taking the kettle off the heat -- Envy -- Greater expectations -- The ripple effect -- Resources: Taking action: at home -- Taking action: for educators -- Taking action: community efforts.

"In Never Enough, reporter Jennifer Breheny Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture. Drawing on interviews with families, educators, and psychologists, she offers a humane view of the crisis plaguing today's teens and a practical framework for how to help"--

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