I'm Dr Becky and this is good inside.

So, some context for this episode.

So, some context for this episode. in the last number of weeks I've been asked over and

over what I think of this new book bad therapy it has definitely been a hot topic in parenting circles around the country.

I've been asked about it over and over and so rather than reading other people's coverage of it,

I decided to pick up the book and read it myself.

And after I finished it, I really wanted to talk about it.

So I texted my friend Emily, Emily Austster, Professor of Economics at Brown,

author of Expecting Better, Crib sheet, a family firm,

and host of the amazing podcast, Parent Data.

And because I wanted to talk to her about it,

I then decided, hey, why don't we kind of pause right now

and instead of having a private conversation, share the conversation with you.

So before we jump in, here's kind of the general premise of bad therapy.

American kids are the saddest, most anxious, depressed, and medicated generation on record.

We are seeing a generation of parents simultaneously hyper-fixated on the mental health and well-being of their

children. There has been an increased emphasis in the importance of feelings in

parenting and education and more kids are in therapy today than ever before.

And what the author of bad therapy raises, what Abigail Schreier argues, is, well, all of these parenting and educational developments seem

positive on the surface, is that really the case? And in her new book, Bad Therapy,

why the kids aren't Growing Up.

She argues that these changes are actually directly contributing to kids' mental health decline.

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