Teaching Emotional Management Instead of Validation

Ben sat down with author Abigail Shrier to discuss her new book 'Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up,' in which Shrier discusses the troubling trend of weaponizing mental health in education and parenting, and explores how an excessive focus on therapy tends to medicalize normal challenges faced by children. So, is the current trend in health practices transforming ordinary childhood challenges into pathological issues? Join us as we delve into this and much more on this episode of The Sunday Special.

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