SXSW EDU 2020
Beyond Grades: Parenting for Kids' Success in Life
Description:
Students at high-achieving schools experience anxiety and depression at alarming rates. Learn what parents can do to promote their kids' well-being in an ecosystem that is narrowly focused on grades, test scores and admission to selective colleges/universities. Components of a parent conversation series will highlight foundational values and practices that lead our kids into adulthood by mentoring and modeling how to grow into healthy, high-functioning adults who are successful in life.
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Takeaways
- Students at high-achieving schools are under excessive academic pressure and experience high rates of anxiety, depression and addiction.
- Parents' inner connection with their values, concept of self-worth and taking care of themselves psychologically are foundational practices.
- Parents play an important protective role-more than peers-when it comes to mentoring and modeling what healthy, successful adulthood looks like.
Speakers
- Dagmar Kauffman, Founder & Executive Director, On Balance Parenting
- Suniya Luthar, Foundation Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
Organizer
Dagmar Kauffman, Founder & Executive Director, On Balance Parenting
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