29 July, 2012

‘Teach Your Children Well,’ by Madeline Levine - NYTimes.com

‘Teach Your Children Well,’ by Madeline Levine - NYTimes.com: After all, as Levine notes, the inconvenient truth remains that not every child can be shaped and accelerated into Harvard material. But all kids can have their spirits broken, depression induced and anxiety stoked by too much stress, too little downtime and too much attention given to external factors that make them look good to an audience of appraising eyes but leave them feeling rotten inside.