Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

the past several decades have given rise to a professionalized childhood, in which seemingly every minute of a child’s life is managed to maximize their potential.

our kids are absorbing the idea that their worth is contingent on their performance—their GPA, the number of social media followers they have, their college brands—not for who they are deep at their core.