The Price of Privilege : How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

Author(s): Madeline Levine

Pregnancy & Parenting

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.


Product Information

"This book has resonated in affluent communities all over the country. [Levine is] clearly on to something." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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General Fields

  • : 9780060595852
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • : 0.218
  • : July 2008
  • : 203mm X 135mm X 16mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Madeline Levine
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 649/.156
  • : 256