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Why High-Achieving Kids Feel Lost — Raising Humans, Not Resumes achievement culture high-achieving kids identiy and success modern parenting parenting stress performance pressure teen mental health young adult burnout Feb 21, 2026

Raising Humans, Not Resumes

Over the last several months, I’ve noticed something that feels bigger than individual families.

In one room, twenty to thirty-year-old women told me they feel empty afte...

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Before You Correct the Behavior, Ask: Is This Stress? boys and mental health emotional regulation family connection high-achieving families mental health in men parenting teen boys parenting teens performance pressure pressure culture stress response teen stress young men mental health young men pressure young men stress Feb 15, 2026

 

 

At a recent parent workshop, I asked one volunteer to sit in a chair and represent a typical teen boy.
Then I asked seven parents to stand around him. Each was a given a sticky note with one of t...

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