> If the kids subjected to this type of parenting weren't suffering greater rates of anxiety and depression than the general population, then maybe we could wav

> If the kids subjected to this type of parenting weren't suffering greater rates of anxiety and depression than the general population, then maybe we could wave this off as not-a-real problem. But they are suffering; I can attest that this is true. It's a cult of false consequences that scares the hell out of high-school students, particularly among the affluent: "Of course we want our kids to do better than we did." How many generations of over-achievers can actually accomplish that? These parents are wanting the wrong things for their kids.