The harmful message being pushed onto senior students—that individual academic success is the ultimate priority in their final years of school—sends Mrs. Happy Families on an angry rant! 

You can help guide your senior student towards a healthy balance between academic achievement and the joy, connection, and recreation that are essential for their well-being.

In this episode:

• Preparing for final year of school
• Scarcity mentality & competition
• Coping with stress/anxiety
• Finding balance
• Heavy focus on results & unhealthy elevation of university

• Drop-out rates in first year university

• Multiple pathways after school

• The importance of self-control

• 3 E’s conversation with senior students: Explore, Explain, Empower

  • What’s important to you educationally?
  • What do you need and how can we support you?

   

Related links: 

• #1095 - Exams: Less Stress More Success 
• Enough: Overcoming Anxiety, Perfectionism, & Self Loathing

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