When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic to Our Children | Parenting Great Kids Ep. 231

In this episode of The Parenting Great Kids podcast, Dr. Meg Meeker chats with journalist and social commentator Jennifer Wallace about the negative impact of Achievement Culture on children.
Jennifer is an award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It.
In this episode, she shares her insights from a national survey of parents, revealing the pressure parents feel to ensure their children’s academic success and the toll it takes on their well-being.
In this podcast, you'll learn to:
✅ Manage parental pressure to protect a child’s mental health
✅ Understand the negative impact of Achievement Culture and learn what to do instead
✅ Implement strategies to build resilience and promote healthy growth
This episode is a must-listen for parents and guardians who wish to empower kids to navigate challenges and succeed in healthy ways.
🔑The key moments are:
00:00 - Introduction
01:48 - The Pressures of Parenting
06:20 - Developmentally Appropriate Expectations
09:40 - Unconditional Love and Parental Pressure
13:19 - Clean Fuel vs. Dirty Fuel
16:23 - Communicating Values to Kids
17:32 - Overcoming Perfectionism
21:31 - Modeling Perfectionism
26:02 - Shaping Well-Being through Values
29:16 - Importance of Parental Friendships
31:28 - Building Resilience as a Parent
32:19 - Mattering in Adulthood
33:26 - Prioritizing Mental Health
34:38 - Parental Resilience for Raising Healthy Kids
36:45 - Empowering Families in an Achievement-Focused World
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