Edit Your Life Episode 178: Balancing School Achievement Pressure [Rebroadcast]

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Back-to-school season feels like a distant memory, and now many families are feeling the weight of school achievement pressure. In Episode 178, Christine and Asha rebroadcast an episode from the archives and add fresh perspective as parents of a third grader, high school sophomore, high school junior, and college sophomore.

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Resources mentioned in this episode

Minimalist Parenting (our book)
Parent Hacks (Asha’s book)
Episode 174: Raising Teenagers (interview with Mary Dell Harrington)
Episode 29: Editing Extracurricular Pressure
Episode 30: Parenting Passionate Kids
Episode 125: Serendipity Space [Rebroadcast]
Related episodes: Episode 10: How To Handle Homework; Episode 51: Sane Sports Parenting; Episode 81: Reducing High School + College Stress [guest interview with Gabrielle Blair]; Episode 121: Choosing The Right College [guest interview with Lisa Heffernan]

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