Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Monews podcast. I'm Oshwinunu. We have a special interview

today about a topic that I know is very important to all of you. It comes to raising our kids,

raising our children here in America. Jennifer Brahani Wallace is a long-time writer,

contributor to the Wall Street Journal. I work for their CBS News. She has a new book out called

Never Enough when achievement culture becomes toxic and what we can do about it. She is the mother

of three teenagers and she's looking at the push among parents in recent decades to get their

children to succeed that has also produced a lot of anxiety, loneliness, and a feeling that life lacks

meaning. Incredibly, we go in depth in the book and find out that it's the kids who don't worry

about their basic needs, food, etc. Those from the top 25% of households when it comes to income

that are two to six times more likely to suffer from substance abuse as well as depression and

other issues. She's talking about this achievement culture. This has become huge in the 90s,

2000s, etc. What we can do about it. If you're a parent or aspire to be a parent or you work in

education or anything related to kids these days, I think you'll find this conversation really

interesting. We talk about the professionalized childhood that children in some cases are living

under a tyranny of metrics. She calls it. Before we start, a reminder to consider joining

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conversation. I'm so happy to be welcoming Jennifer Brehenny Wallace to the podcast. She's an

award-winning journalist and author. I was lucky to be able to call her a colleague at CBS several

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