180: Encore: Never Enough: Confronting Toxic Achievement Culture (with author Jennifer Wallace)

Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting

Dr. Lisa Damour/Good Trouble Productions

Kids & Family, Mental Health, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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“Ask Lisa: The Psychology of Parenting” is the essential podcast for parents seeking expert guidance, tested strategies, and psychological insights on raising kids, especially tweens and teens. Join renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour and former journalist and mom of two Reena Ninan as they explore real-life parenting challenges. Looking to learn more about how to boost kids’ resilience, build their confidence, or support their emotional well-being? Dr. Lisa and Reena have got you covered! Together they address listener questions about stress, anxiety, social media concerns, school pressures, and challenges in peer relationships. Each episode provides practical advice and science-backed solutions to help parents raise resilient, confident, and emotionally healthy kids. Tune in every week for the latest topics in parenting, child psychology, and family wellness. Get answers to your most pressing parenting questions. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Our special guest this week is author and journalist Jennifer Breheny Wallace, who discusses her brand new book: “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic - And What We Can Do About It.” Dr. Lisa, Reena, and Jennie address how achievement pressure harms kids and what parents can do to combat grind culture. They unpack research from Harvard and the London School of Economics to answer key questions: What do the kids who are thriving in high pressure situations do differently? What can adults do to shield kids from toxic stress? How do parents put pressure on kids without even realizing it? Tune in to learn about the "puppy dog principle," why mattering is what really matters, and the one thing that parents can do that makes a difference. Follow and subscribe to our YouTube channel where you can see all our latest video episodes: https://youtube.com/@asklisapodcast And follow us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn @AskLisaPodcast, @Lisa.Damour, @ReenaNinan. Checkout Dr. Lisa’s website for more resources: https://www.drlisadamour.com/ Ask Lisa is produced by: https://www.goodtroubleproductions.com This episode was sponsored, in part, by the podcast In It: Raising Kids who Learn Differently Show Keywords: ask lisa podcast, dr lisa damour, reena ninan, psychology, parenting, podcast, teens, tweens, parenting teens, parenting tweens, teen parenting, tween parenting, parenting tips, parenting advice, positive parenting, parenting podcast, teen behavior, tween challenges, raising tweens, raising teens, parenting hacks, parenting help, family dynamics, kids podcast, mental health, teen mental health, attachment styles, emotional intelligence

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rina Ninean and this is Ask Lisa, the Psychology of Parenting Podcast.
0:10.7	It's a podcast to help parents better understand their kids. Dr. Lisa DeMore, a psychologist with three
0:17.2	decades of experience, and the author of three New York Times best-selling parenting
0:21.8	books takes your questions. Both of us are moms ourselves, and we're eager to hear from you.
0:27.1	So send us your questions to ask Lisa at Dr.Lisademore.com. And you can join our community by following
0:33.1	us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The handle is at Lisa Podcast. And also subscribe to our
0:39.7	brand new YouTube channel, Ask Lisa Podcast. Episode 180, never enough. Confronting toxic achievement
0:47.2	culture with special guest author Jennifer Wallace. It's a big concern facing so many of our kids, the high-pressure toxic achievement culture.
0:57.0	Today we're joined by a special guest Jennifer Braney Wallace, author and journalists, to discuss her new book, Never Enough, when achievement culture becomes toxic and what we can do about it.
1:07.0	We explore the impact of achievement pressure on kids and how parents can create a
1:12.6	better, less pressured environment for their own kids. We'll unpack research from Harvard
1:16.5	and the London School of Economics to answer key questions like what sets thriving kids apart
1:22.2	in high pressure situations and how can adults shield kids from toxic stress and how do parents unintentionally contribute to
1:30.1	this pressure? So join us now for Encore Episode 180, Toxic Achievement Culture with author
1:35.9	Jennifer Brainy Wallace. So Lisa, tell me something about your summer that nobody else knows
1:43.2	that was transformative.
1:49.6	I had quite a summer, Vina. I'm so glad to be back here for season four, but it was a good summer. And I will tell you, this sounds kind of corny, but it's really true and real.
1:55.4	I had the honor of being at the Aspen Ideas Festival this summer, and there were two interactions
1:59.7	I had that really felt
2:01.0	life-changing. One was with Jason Rosian, who was a Washington Post reporter who was held in an
2:08.3	Iranian prison for a year and a half. And I ended up in a long conversation with him about his
2:14.0	experience. And then the other was Kate Bowler, who is a terrific podcaster.
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