PAIS/ISACS Family Series #2
Location: Online
November 19, 2024, 7:30-8:30pm
Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It
Join award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Wallace as she explores the roots of toxic achievement pressure and gives a practical framework for how parents, educators, and communities can fight back. This session is for caregivers and parents of school-aged children—primarily adolescents and teens—educators, school counselors, and school administrators.
Presenter: Jennifer Wallace
Jennifer Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It. She contributes to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and appears frequently on television to discuss her articles and relevant topics. Wallace is a BCG BrightHouse Luminary and consultant with The LEGO Group. She began her journalism career at CBS 60 Minutes and is a journalism fellow at The Center for Parent and Teen Communication at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It
ZOOM REGISTRATION LINK: isacs.ws/PS24-25PAIS
All individuals must have a Zoom account to register. Once you join, you can register for all programs in the series.
Join award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Wallace as she explores the roots of toxic achievement pressure and gives a practical framework for how parents, educators, and communities can fight back. This session is for caregivers and parents of school-aged children—primarily adolescents and teens—educators, school counselors, and school administrators.
Presenter: Jennifer Wallace
Jennifer Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It. She contributes to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and appears frequently on television to discuss her articles and relevant topics. Wallace is a BCG BrightHouse Luminary and consultant with The LEGO Group. She began her journalism career at CBS 60 Minutes and is a journalism fellow at The Center for Parent and Teen Communication at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
We are once again partnering with PAIS and the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and joining their PARENT SERIES. The programs in the series are designed to strengthen partnerships with parents in support of essential school/home relationships. We know you will find the new topics in the 2024-25 series to be compelling and significantly important to our school community as well as the parent community.
