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Are You Raising a Bunch of Orchids and Snowflakes?
The girls don't have the sophisticated emotional skills that they need to manage in an increasingly stressful world. The questions and forms in the gym all attempts to make the kids more aware of their emotions. They also teach breathing exercises, give the girls individual and group therapy. As doctor wallace told me about all this, it made me think about the way that american cu typically talks about the kids we're raising to day. There are two opposite narratives. One is we're raising a bunch of orchids and snowflakes who are not sufficiently exposed to le protected. Another is: We're raising a lot of people with very low self-esteem because our society doesn't provide for them