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Suburban Student Athletes: Driven to Overachieve achievement pressure high-achieving teens parent coaching student athletes under pressure teen mental health youth sports Aug 30, 2026

 

Suburban Student Athletes: Driven to Overachieve

What athletes who reached “the dream” taught me about pressure, achievement and success.

Some of the young people who concern me most

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The Hardest Parenting Question: Should I Step In or Step Back? child independence healthy stress vs pressure parent coaching parenting advice parenting teens raising resilient kids support vs pressure teen mental health Mar 14, 2026

 One of the most common questions parents ask me is:

“How do I know when to help my child… and when to let them figure it out?”

It’s a real dilemma.

Many parents today are trying very hard to do th...

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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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