February 23, 2009
Tags:
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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December 2, 2008
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sports gene, competition, pressure, parental anxiety, stressed-out kids
What will they think of next? When it comes to extracting money from worried parents, there's no shortage of business models. Now the so-called "sports gene" test for only $149 is finding a market for one reason only: because we parents are under so much pressure these days to make sure our kids succeed. That's
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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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