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☆ Teens are feeling pressured and burned out. Here’s how to help
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Kara Alaimo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Some 81% of teens ages 13 through 17 feel pressure that leaves them feeling badly about their game plans, achievements, appearances, social lives, friendships and/or how informed they are about issues, the survey found. Social media makes the pressure worse for most teens, but some said social media can also help lessen it. The survey, which was conducted in fall 2023, found that 27% of teens said they were burned out. (The survey of 1,545 teens ages 13 to 17 had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.) How adults pressure kids“Adults — parents, teachers, coaches — are clearly contributing to some of the negative pressures teens feel, even if we don’t mean to,” Weinstein said.

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But the way homes are built in the United States makes speed impossible. Years ago, Rupnik’s Croatian grandmother, an architect herself, pointed him to an intriguing answer to this conundrum: modular housing projects built in Europe in the 1950s and ’60s. Sure, prefab complexes, and especially Soviet bloc housing, could be ugly and too homogenous, but the process created millions of housing units in a flash. Hooked, Rupnik started researching modular housing for his doctoral dissertation. Unable to find much more information, Rupnik turned to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which created the program.

Persons: Ivan Rupnik, Rupnik, George Romney, Nixon Organizations: Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Housing, Urban, HUD, Republican Locations: United States, Croatian, Europe

☆ Some Gen Z and baby boomers are facing a strange predicament: feeling happy and lonely at the same time
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"It's great, but it takes an effort," Samtur told Business Insider. That means that right now, Gen Z and baby boomers, in particular, might be experiencing a strange juxtaposition: They're happy and lonely at the same time. "So people feel maybe a little less happy with their lives in midlife, but it doesn't mean you're also feeling lonely." "Overall, people tended to be more lonely, just persistently lonely, if they had less education, had lower income, and poor health," Graham said. Some Gen Zers pay for social connections through activities like fitness memberships.

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☆ Everything to know about Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan's 4 kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

His wife and kids appeared in his 2023 documentary "Still: A Michael J. Sam Michael Fox, 34, is the eldest childSam Fox in November 2023. Fox's twin daughters, Aquinnah Kathleen Fox, and Schuyler Frances Fox, are 29From left: Sam Fox, Schuyler Fox, Aquinnah Fox, and Esmé Fox in November 2019. She was also involved in The Michael J. Esmé Annabelle Fox, 22, is the youngest siblingFrom left: Aquinnah Fox, Esme Fox, Schuyler Fox, and Sam Fox in October 2021.

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☆ A workplace expert says Gen Zers posting videos of themselves getting laid off online are seeking 'validation' because they feel lonely
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe youngest generation at work have found a new way to vent their frustrations at working in corporate America: filming themselves getting laid off or fired, and posting it on social media. "From the Gen Z perspective, this woman feels like a hero," Schawbel said about Pietsch. She got followers, she got attention, because of the algorithm and the echo chamber that surrounds her on social media, and on TikTok especially." Social media fame, likes, followers, and comments might create a facade of social connection for some lonely Gen Zers. A lot of recruiters would be wary of hiring someone like that because company’s "don’t want to be the next victim" of a social media rant.

Persons: —, Brittany Pietsch, Zers aren’t, they’re, virality, Dan Schawbel, Schawbel, Ben Voyer Organizations: Service, Business, Workplace Intelligence, Harvard Graduate School of Education, BI, Social, Gen Locations: America, Cloudflare

☆ Complaint Alleges Harvard Didn't Protect Pro-Palestinian Students From Threats
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over a dozen students alleged on Monday that Harvard University failed to protect them from harassment and threats "based solely" on their pro-Palestinian identity, the group representing them said. The Muslim Legal Fund of America said its legal division filed a civil rights complaint on Monday with the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights on behalf of those students. The Harvard students alleged "harassment, intimidation, threats and more based solely on them being Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and supporters of Palestinian rights," the group said. Some students alleged that Harvard had threatened "to limit or retract the students' future academic opportunities," the Muslim Legal Fund of America said on Monday. The affected students attend Harvard College, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard Law School, the group said.

Persons: Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Israel's, Claudine Gay, Kanishka Singh, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Harvard University, Muslim, Fund of America, U.S . Education Department's, Civil Rights, Harvard, Rights, Harvard College, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Law School Locations: U.S, Vermont, Illinois, Israel, Gaza, Washington

☆ The No. 1 type of praise to avoid if you want to raise 'stronger, more mature' kids: Harvard-trained parenting expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Want your kids to grow up confident and successful? Be careful about how you praise them, says toxic-parenting researcher Jennifer Breheny Wallace. "Noticing other people's strengths, and acknowledging them, makes people around us feel like they matter," she tells CNBC Make It. Spotlighting kids' honesty, creativity and other positive attributes often helped them grow in emotionally healthy ways, Wallace's research found. People become "stronger and more mature, less by being praised and more by being known," she recalls Weissbourd saying.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace, Richard Weissbourd, Weissbourd Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University Locations: U.S

☆ Harvard-trained parenting expert shares No. 1 message for her own kids: There's no such thing as a 'good college'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Kids in the U.S. are locked in a mental health crisis. Pressure from a young age to get into a "good college," as the only path to a successful adult life, may be making it worse. That's why parenting researcher and author Jennifer Breheny Wallace teaches her own three children a very simple concept. "The first thing we need to do is get out of our heads that there is such a thing as a 'good college,'" Wallace tells CNBC Make It. You can save your kids, and yourself, a lot of stress by "deflating that myth that college prestige is the secret to success," says Wallace.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Harvard Locations: U.S

☆ If you don't 'encourage every opportunity' for your kids, you're a more successful parent than most, says Harvard-trained expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Sometimes, the best way for parents to help their kids succeed is to hold them back. In many cases, she encountered parents who felt like their children were the ones insisting on signing up for difficult classes and impressive extracurriculars. "The parents that I met who had the healthiest achievers sometimes held their kids back," Wallace tells CNBC Make It. "Our kids see the dissonance between our words and our actions when we exhaust ourselves, trying to secure the best for them," Wallace writes in her book. DON'T MISS: Want to be smarter and more successful with your money, work & life?

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, CNBC

☆ Harvard-trained parenting researcher: The most successful kids are ‘healthy strivers’—here’s what their parents always do
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Raise them to be a "healthy striver," says parenting researcher and author Jennifer Breheny Wallace. Healthy strivers are resilient and self-motivated to succeed, but who don't believe that their accomplishments determine their value as people. Kids who face that mounting pressure to succeed are victims of "toxic achievement culture," Wallace tells CNBC Make It. And when parents regularly voice their concerns about results like grades or sports trophies, it sends a potentially harmful message to their kids: They're only valued for their achievements. Here's how to raise healthy strivers instead, says Wallace.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, who've, Wallace Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University Locations: U.S

☆ Harvard-trained toxic-parenting researcher: Here's the No. 1 thing I never do with my kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Teens in the U.S. are more stressed out than ever, and it's causing their mental health to suffer. Parents need to avoid adding to that pressure, says award-winning journalist and parenting researcher Jennifer Breheny Wallace. Her research for the book inspired her to make a big change to her parenting style when it comes to her own three children, she says. "When my kids come in the door, instead of asking them, 'How'd you do on the Spanish quiz?' — which I used to do before I wrote the book — I now ask them, 'What did you have for lunch?'"

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace Organizations: CNBC, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Locations: U.S

☆ Harvard grad, bestselling author, and toxic-parenting researcher who spoke to 6,500 moms and dads: The counterintuitive way to help your kids succeed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

It feels natural to many parents to worry about their kids. In an increasingly uncertain world, you want to ensure they're on the right path and have the tools they need to succeed. But when your worry grows out of control and veers into anxiety, it can negatively affect mental health — yours and your child's. Various studies have found surging mental health issues for college students across the U.S. over the past decade. One recent Healthy Minds Study of 96,000 U.S. college students found that 37% reported suffering from anxiety disorders and 15% said they'd seriously considered suicide within the past year.

Persons: Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Wallace, they'd, I've Organizations: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ Gen Z loneliness is so bad that some young adults are spending thousands trying to make friends through gym memberships and social clubs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In search of connection, young people are spending on gym memberships, social clubs, and art classes. Most said they spend more on social activities than pre-pandemic. All but three said they're spending more money now than they were before the pandemic on social activities such as art classes and gym memberships to make friends. The software engineer said he's increased his investment in social activities after struggling to make friends at work. Other Gen Zers told Insider they made connections through free gallery events, volunteering, and joining book clubs.

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☆ The No. 1 thing successful parents who raise the strongest and most resilient kids do differently: Harvard study
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Jennifer Breheny Wallace | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

One of the most fascinating things that followed had to do with a particular parenting style that hurts children's confidence and self-esteem. Critical parenting can lead to a 'false self'The most successful parents don't follow a critical style of parenting. Parents who raise the strongest and most resilient kids create an environment that allows them to make mistakes and not fear failure. What successful parents do differentlyParents who raise the strongest and most resilient kids create an environment that allows them to make mistakes and not fear failure. You can still love the person, but you don't love the action.

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☆ Occupational Segregation Drives Persistent Inequality, Study Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Steve Lohr | More About Steve Lohr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To have an equitable distribution across the work force, 22 percent of Black workers with a college degree would have to switch occupations with white college graduates. For workers who graduated with a high school degree but lack a college degree, nearly 28 percent of either Black or white workers would have to switch jobs. The researchers called this a “dissimilarity index,” and since 2000 it has ticked up slightly for both groups. The new report notes that Black college students often major in fields that have lower wages. But the dearth of Black students in majors that lead to higher pay in careers like technology or finance, the researchers say, is a legacy of racism.

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The study — by Opportunity Insights, a group of economists based at Harvard who study inequality — quantifies for the first time the extent to which being very rich is its own qualification in selective college admissions. The result is the clearest picture yet of how America’s elite colleges perpetuate the intergenerational transfer of wealth and opportunity. Less than 1 percent of American college students attend the 12 elite colleges. For the several elite colleges that also shared internal admissions data, they could see other aspects of students’ applications between 2001 and 2015, including how admissions offices rated them. Share of admitted students who were recruited athletes at selected elite colleges Recruited athletes at elite colleges were much more likely to come from the highest-earning households.

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☆ A tiny-home village that can house over 30 homeless people is the latest project from a California prefab company that quickly builds homes in factories and trucks them to their destinations
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Long Beach, California, made a $2.5 million deal to build tiny homes for people in need. The bathroom in a Connect Homes shelter. From luxury homes to sheltersFor its private customers, Connect Homes builds 15 single-family-home models, ranging from a 460-square-foot home for $220,000 to a 1,960-square-foot four-bedroom home that costs about $700,000. Connect Homes' Shelter 3, a type of tiny home that's set to be built in Long Beach, California. It's now getting inquiries in other states about its tiny homes, Leung said.

☆ Math and reading scores hit during pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMath and reading scores hit during pandemicMarty West of the Harvard Graduate School of Education joins Shep Smith to discuss the drop in test scores during the pandemic and what can be done about it.

☆ The pros and cons of going to graduate school right now, according to academic and business experts
▼ + stars: | 2020-07-09 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Due to the current job market, many recent college graduates are considering going back to school. Could now be a smart time to put your job search on ice and shift gears to graduate school? The prosYou avoid entering a limited job market and possibly stunting your compensationPatrick Mullane, executive director of Harvard Business School Online, explained one benefit of going to graduate school while the economy isn't robust. J. Celeste Walley-Jean, dean at Clayton State University's School of Graduate Studies & Inclusive Engagement, noted that another indicator that the timing may be right to attend graduate school is cost. "If you just graduated and can't find a job, grad school might seem like a great way to ride out the recession.

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