10/6: Author Event – Raising Healthy Achievers in a Competitive World, with Jennifer B. Wallace

10/6: Author Event – Raising Healthy Achievers in a Competitive World, with Jennifer B. Wallace

In today’s high-pressure world, students are working harder than ever—packing their schedules with AP classes, sports, and extracurriculars—while parents stretch their time and budgets to keep up. Yet instead of producing confident, thriving kids, this culture of nonstop striving is driving record rates of anxiety, depression, and burnout. In Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It, award-winning reporter Jennifer Wallace uncovers the deep societal forces behind this “toxic achievement culture” and reveals the harm caused when kids believe their value comes only from their accomplishments.

Drawing on insights from leading psychologists, educators, and nearly 6,000 parents, Wallace will share how to raise kids who are both high-achieving and emotionally healthy. She will offer practical, research-backed tools to help parents shift from pushing performance to fostering “mattering,” ensuring children know they are valued for who they are, not just what they do. Parents will walk away with a new framework for redefining success and raising resilient, well-rounded kids who can thrive without burning out.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.