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Here We Go Again: Redefining Success in Senior Year achievement culture achievement pressure burnout college admissions leadership parenting teens redefining success resilience senior year sports parenting student athletes teen stress teenagers youth sports Aug 18, 2026

 

Well, here we go again.

Senior year.

My third child is a senior, and we’re barely into the school year. Already, social media is filling with college acceptances, athletic commitments, scholarshi...

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AP Classes and Student Pressure in the Tri-Valley academic pressure ap classes college pressure healthy stress vs pressure high school students parenting teens student mental health teen stress tri-valley parents Mar 08, 2026

 AP Classes and Student Pressure in the Tri-Valley

By Siah Fried, MPH, NBC-HWC
Certified Health & Wellness and Parent Coach

I work with families across the Tri-Valley who are trying to support their ...

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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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