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Anxiety, depression, and their dangerous manifestations-substance abuse, eating disorders, self-injury and suicide- are increasing student conditions at many competitive high schools. Paradoxically, most of these schools promote themselves as being committed to students' holistic development in academics, athletics and the arts, and in their personal, social, and emotional growth. So why are so many students struggling? Dr. Gleason has investigated these concerns in competitive high schools throughout the United States and around the world, and has found almost complete unanimity in how educators and parents have responded to his interviews. In sum, these caring and dedicated adults fully admit to overscheduling, overworking and, at times, overwhelming their students and teenaged children. This conflict - adults wanting to educate and parent adolescents in healthy and balanced ways, but simultaneously, overscheduling, overworking and, at times, overwhelming them - is at the heart of this book.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Developmental Empathy Llc (January 20, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0578183196
ISBN-13: 978-0578183190
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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Will Richardson

We Know This, But Will We Own This?

February 14, 2018

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A must read for anyone in education who cares about the rising levels of stress and anxiety in kids today, the role that schools play in that, and what we can do about it. But be prepared to own the idea that the solution to the "bind" that Gleason so compellingly articulates exists today in schools is a) of our own making, and b) can only be resolved by having the courage to do the right thing for kids even if it puts our value as educators into a new light. It's time to stop trying to "fix" the kids and, instead, reflect deeply on the negative impacts our current system of schooling is having.

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Susan Mullins

with the best intentions, are actually damaging the kids we love

July 8, 2018

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This book is a "must read" for anyone who is involved in the education of teens or is the parent of a pre-teen and teenager. We are at an inflection point where we must realistically look at how the pressures we've created on our children and our schools, with the best intentions, are actually damaging the kids we love. This requires a hard look at our attitudes, systems, pedagogy, and goals in the light of what we now know about teen development and the painful statistics of all those kids who are hurting in numbers not seen or recognized before. All of us must be part of the solutions.

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Timothy Pratt

A powerful and important read for anyone in education, ...

May 24, 2018

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A powerful and important read for anyone in education, and for all parents. Dr. Gleason has immense experience in independent schools and his research is compelling.

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Kurt Nelson

I highly recommend this book

January 3, 2018

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David Gleason highlights the brain science we cannot afford to ignore. This is an important read for anyone who cares about child development. I highly recommend this book.

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J. W. Kelly

This book challenges parents and educators to reconsider the unhealthy ...

June 21, 2017

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This book challenges parents and educators to reconsider the unhealthy demands of many high-stress, high-achievement secondary school environments, both private and public. 'Excellence' should never come at the cost of healthy development and a well-adjusted adolescent. Gleason provides insight from his many years of experience in these settings and presents recent research in a compelling way. Well worth the read.

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and to expecting their students to act and think like adults before they even have that capacity

February 27, 2017

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“So many teenagers in so many rigorous secondary schools everywhere are manifesting with so many of the same disturbing problems,” and “Educators admit to overscheduling and overworking their students, and to expecting their students to act and think like adults before they even have that capacity.” So writes Dr. David Gleason in At What Cost. Dr. Gleason movingly and incisively addresses the unintended consequences of “the increasingly troubled conditions that adolescents are facing in high-achieving and competitive schools across the United States and all around the world.”
Summarizing the latest science in adolescent brain development, including the need for adequate sleep, Dr. Gleason provides compelling evidence that anxiety, depression, substance abuse and other self-destructive behaviors result from the overscheduled and overpressured lives of such students; and that institutional behaviors and resistance to change contribute to the unhealthy environment of highly pressured schools. From his interviews and workshops at such schools around the world, Dr. Gleason provides new ways for schools and parents to think of the conundrum he describes thus: “We have put the educational cart before the developmental horse and, in so doing, have lost sight of key aspects of our most important responsibility: to foster our teenagers’ healthy growth and development, which includes their sound and balanced education.”

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A transformative book for parents and school professionals

March 18, 2017

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Dr. Gleason's "At What Cost?" does so much in such a short space. Viewing adolescence through a developmental lens in which certain challenges are already certain to be difficult, he explicates the various ways we, as parents and school professionals, exacerbate the challenges in ways that do tremendous harm to the kids we say we are trying to help. Dr. Gleason's expertise as a clinical psychologist, his deep knowledge of neuroscience, and his tremendous access to school personnel have given him a unique window into how we refuse to even acknowledge the full extent of the pain we are inflicting on our children. Thankfully, he also provides the both some substantive solutions and, more importantly, examples of processes by which schools can work on providing an education that is truly holistic. I will be sharing this book widely.

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At What Cost? Defending Adolescent Development in Fiercely Competitive Schools.

February 28, 2017

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This well-written and informative book provides a behind-the-scenes look at ultracompetitive independent and international schools. I am sorry that this book was not available many years ago when I was beginning to navigate independent high schools with my two teenagers. I witnessed firsthand how the competition and stress in these environments can lead to academic, behavioral, and emotional problems.

Dr. Gleason’s advice to become proactive in helping our teenagers prevent stress-related problems, rather than reactive in treating these problems, is valuable for all parents and educators. I wish I had known that empathy, rather than sympathy, would have helped equip me to usher my children through their overwhelming high-school years. With support from the burgeoning field of neuroscience, Dr. Gleason prods us to make deliberate changes that will provide support for our vulnerable adolescents. Any parent considering the world of private schools will benefit from reading At What Cost? Defending Adolescent Development in Fiercely Competitive Schools.

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