Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - When Does Pushing Kids to Succeed Become Toxic?
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🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak Rosen, Jamilah Lemieux, and Elizabeth Newcamp talk about toxic achievement culture.
The three of them talk with Jennifer Breheny Wallace, journalist and author of Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – And What We Can Do About It — about how we push our kids, and ourselves, even when we don’t need to.
We also go over our week in parenting. And then, for Slate Plus, we’ll debrief on our conversation with Jennifer, and the hosts will discuss how they, and their kids, fall victim to toxic achievement culture.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, September 21st, the toxic achievement addition. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Jameela Lemue, a writer, contributor to Slate's care and beating parenting column, and Mom to Naima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm a list of New Camp, I write the Home Spawn Family Travel Blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three littles, Henry, who's 11, Oliver, who's 9, and Teddy, who's 6, we live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make a different podcast, it's called The Best Advice Show, and I'm Dad Tenoa, who's 6, and I'm Ami, who's 3, we live in Detroit. |
| 0:39.0 | Today on the show, we're going to be joined by Jennifer Brahani Wallace, author of Never Enough, when achievement culture becomes toxic and what we can do about it. |
| 0:48.0 | She'll tell us how to help our kids aim high, but also how to help them love themselves no matter what. |
| 0:54.0 | But before that, we're going to share some stories from our week in parenting. |
| 0:58.0 | And then, if you're in the Slate Plus Club, we'll be debriefing our interview with Jennifer and talking about our own experiences with achievement culture. |
| 1:06.0 | Here's a peek of what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. |
| 1:09.0 | Jenny talked about the false life vest that a lot of parents put on getting into a good college and that it's actually a leaded vest. |
| 1:18.0 | What do you think is the philosophical alternative to doing everything you can to get your kids into a good school? What are your priorities? |
| 1:26.0 | I think what I want is for them to find what makes them happy. |
| 1:30.0 | Because I know a lot of adults who pursued things for status and they are unhappy now. |
| 1:39.0 | What makes the kids happy? What is going to motivate them to want to get up and do their job? |
| 1:46.0 | That is in the back of my head, but I also feel like I am fighting a childhood where success was important. |
| 1:56.0 | By becoming a Slate Plus member, you'll enjoy a weekly bonus segment and all your beloved Slate Podcasts without any advertisements. |
| 2:03.0 | It's the ultimate way to enhance your listening experience while also providing vital support to the show. |
| 2:08.0 | You can join Slate Plus today by visiting slate.com slash mom and dad plus. |
| 2:14.0 | Alright, we're going to jump into triumphs and fails as soon as we get back from this short break. |
| 2:21.0 | Zach, what have you been up to this week? |
| 2:26.0 | Well, my little guy, he's not so little anymore, he turned three on Friday. |
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