Hi Emi I thought your article on equality about how stressed some of the kids are was spot on. I just don’t think people are paying attention and aware of how the ever changing environment affects them. However I would like to recommend a book that I think you especially would find interesting. Bad Therapy why the kids aren’t growing up by Abigail Shrier. she puts a little different spin on things. check it out and let me know…keep the good stuff coming!
It’s incredible to me that your conclusion is not more widely accepted / discussed! Having come from an upper middle class background myself and mentored several low income teens through the college application process, I’ve never read anything that hits the nail on the head more regarding teen mental illness/anxious parenting
Another fascinating (to me) angle is geography: I grew up in the Midwest in a town where most people went to the local state university. My college roommate grew up in a boston suburb and where most of the adults had gone to a top-tier university. As stressful as my teenage years were, hers were infinitely worse: the only models of “successful” adulthood she had were crazy high-achievers who’d gone to Ivy League schools. At least I knew it was possible to go to a state university and still have a nice life.
Either way, the source of our teen anxiety/our parents’ helicopter parenting was clear: they were terrified of us falling out of the upper class. And the low income kids know that a selective school is their one shot at getting in
Wow! Just to make a comment I need to be authenticated… the way of the digital world now.
Love you Emi!🥰
Thanks for sharing!
I came from a challenging background, all 3 of my brothers killed themselves. My mother blamed them for being selfish. How to make sense of all the madness. I feel you and I are soul mates in our pursuit of sanity❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing this, Emi. Way to persevere and get an important story out.
Hi Emi I thought your article on equality about how stressed some of the kids are was spot on. I just don’t think people are paying attention and aware of how the ever changing environment affects them. However I would like to recommend a book that I think you especially would find interesting. Bad Therapy why the kids aren’t growing up by Abigail Shrier. she puts a little different spin on things. check it out and let me know…keep the good stuff coming!
It’s incredible to me that your conclusion is not more widely accepted / discussed! Having come from an upper middle class background myself and mentored several low income teens through the college application process, I’ve never read anything that hits the nail on the head more regarding teen mental illness/anxious parenting
Another fascinating (to me) angle is geography: I grew up in the Midwest in a town where most people went to the local state university. My college roommate grew up in a boston suburb and where most of the adults had gone to a top-tier university. As stressful as my teenage years were, hers were infinitely worse: the only models of “successful” adulthood she had were crazy high-achievers who’d gone to Ivy League schools. At least I knew it was possible to go to a state university and still have a nice life.
Either way, the source of our teen anxiety/our parents’ helicopter parenting was clear: they were terrified of us falling out of the upper class. And the low income kids know that a selective school is their one shot at getting in
Wow! Just to make a comment I need to be authenticated… the way of the digital world now.
Love you Emi!🥰
Thanks for sharing!
I came from a challenging background, all 3 of my brothers killed themselves. My mother blamed them for being selfish. How to make sense of all the madness. I feel you and I are soul mates in our pursuit of sanity❤️❤️❤️