| The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids Contributor(s): Levine, Madeline (Author) |
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ISBN: 006059585X ISBN-13: 9780060595852 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: In this groundbreaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling Americas privileged youth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Adolescence - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Teenagers - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General |
| Dewey: 649.156 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.43 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
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| Publisher Description: In this ground-breaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling America's privileged youth, thanks, in large part, to normalized, intrusive parenting that stunts the crucial development of the self. In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders--rates higher than in any other socioeconomic group of American adolescents. Materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, and disconnection are combining to create a perfect storm that is devastating children of privilege and their parents alike. In this eye-opening, provocative, and essential book, clinical psychologist Madeline Levine explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies toxic cultural influences and well-intentioned, but misguided, parenting practices that are detrimental to a child's healthy self-development. Her thoughtful, practical advice provides solutions that will enable parents to help their emotionally troubled star child cultivate an authentic sense of self. |
Contributor Bio(s): Levine, Madeline: - Madeline Levine, PhD, is a clinician, consultant, and educator; the author of the New York Times bestseller The Price of Privilege; and a cofounder of Challenge Success, a project of the Stanford School of Education that addresses education reform, student well-being, and parent education. She lives outside San Francisco with her husband and is the proud mother of three grown sons and a newly minted granddaughter. |