February 23, 2009
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parents, parenting, competition, autonomy, sports, coaching, kids, stress
Here's an excellent article on
Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids:
Grolnick to Discuss Pressure, Stress It's angled around an announcement of Wendy's next talk on our book, but the amazing feature of this article is that it seems
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October 24, 2008
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parents, parenting, competition, sports, music, injuries, coaching, kids, stress
There's a very good article on kids and competition in the Oct. 17th Family Circle, also on Parents.com. Cynthia Hanson writes that kids' lives are more competitive these days partly because of TV shows like American Idol, and America's Next Top Model. "We have a whole generation of kids who fear they're going
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