--- product_id: 612026394 title: "Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up" brand: "abigail shrierpenguin audio" price: "FREE" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/612026394-bad-therapy-why-the-kids-arent-growing-up store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up **Brand:** abigail shrierpenguin audio **Price:** FREE **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by abigail shrierpenguin audio - **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/612026394-bad-therapy-why-the-kids-arent-growing-up) ## Best For - abigail shrierpenguin audio enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted abigail shrierpenguin audio brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up ## Images ![Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/8170T3Vb9HL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars After reading just bought 5 copies for gifts: Essential read even if you disagree *by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024* Background to help you evaluate my review: I had a panic attack at age 26, began counseling and still participate. I am age 69 and fortunately have had 4 excellent counselors across the decades help me. The result: my quality of life has improved significantly due to their skilled, ethical, dedicated care.For years I have responsibly used psychotropic medication experiencing its benefits, limitations, and negative side effects. Current thinking is talk therapy used with meds, when indicated, can produce the most favorable patient outcomes. I concur. In fact, from 2010-13, at night I earned a MS in mental health counseling even though I am a financial advisor. With that thumbnail sketch, below is brief independent feedback I have received on two of the author’s topics. But first, my overall appraisal:I find Abigail’s book to be vital in highlighting issues that need to be considered and not merely assumed to be true/wise: therapy, medication, schooling, and parenting - and how they are intertwined. I am delighted that she is so well-known and talented as a journalist to focus attention on the most fundamental question: whether what we are doing is working or failing. It can benefit our nation if we have a discussion and accurate appraisal of where we are to fix what doesn’t work. Abigail bravely has gotten this debate started though I would be unsurprised if vested interests attack her, and continue sos. Unlike the false claims of her critics, she understands that there are circumstances when therapy and meds are appropriate.My view is that though well-intended, we have lost our way as a society in the areas she has underscored. I give our culture A++++ for our good intentions; however, outcomes must be evaluated candidly. Are we taking steps believing those actions are helpful when they are not? My view, we repeatedly utilize "Ready, fire, aim” to our detriment. Well-meaning adults have abdicated control thinking they are helping when they are harming. Here’s an example:In my career I meet people from an array of occupations who share personal info. The uniformity of opinion I receive from educators about what is occurring from primary to the university levels is bleak. The educators feel miserable and can’t wait to flee. Why? The bottom line is there’s no discipline permitted. They feel defeated that they can’t teach and will receive zero institutional support because everyone is afraid for their jobs and public/internet ridicule. To paraphrase teachers, the system has collapsed but since there’s a sign on the door “school," learning is presumed to be occurring when it is not. Note how many teachers choose to send their children to private school as an alternative. Look too at the explosive growth of homeschooling as a measure of concern for physical safety and efficacy. One educator told me the kids know the teachers can’t do anything disciplinary to them and behave accordingly.US academic performance has declined. US results versus nearly 30 other nations is appalling, though we spent so much more per child than competitor nations - and we are in competition whether we ignore that or not. The new bait and switch is to use SEL and pronounce schools as successful by downshifting academic measures replaced with SEL-focused yardsticks. The silver lining in the deadly COVID cloud is some parents got a glimpse of what their kids are being immersed in, were shocked and "voted with their feet" taking their children to be educated elsewhere.Look at the nightmare on college campuses over the past decade: skyrocketing anxiety, depression and suicides. Those results reflect Abigail’s concerns. The Anxious Generation, by J. Haidt, which I have begun, buttresses Shrier’s thesis.Overwhelmingly, employers tell me their younger workers behave completely differently, some don’t care about their performance, and except for excellent tech skills, they are surprisingly incapable, needy, demanding, and stunted. Please note: I am fortunate to know young people who do not fit the negative descriptions at school or work reported to me and are the polar opposite.Our sacred oxen have strayed from path and are at risk - and so is our society.At times I found her sarcasm humorous and at other times too snarky, but beyond that quibble, she has done a valuable service for our nation if we pause, consider, and act: what do we need to do differently to be more effective?——————April 29th AddendumFinished reading Jonathan Haidt’s thoughtful, research-based, and prescriptive The Anxious Generation. It is excellent also. I rate it as Five Stars and have bought a second copy to gift. It serves as a helpful companion to Schrier’s work. I highly recommend it.I read his outstanding work, co-authored with Greg Lukianoff, The Coddling of The American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation For Failure, which is also a straightforward, easy read.Years ago I read, then reread his masterful and superb The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics And Religion. I found this work to be more challenging, and a fascinating hypothesis.Lastly, some of the one and two star reviews of Abigail’s book contained insightful, valid criticisms for which I am grateful. Still, I see the value in her work, despite its weaknesses, as having galvanized a needed review of current assumption and practices. Michael ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars What a great book *by C***J on Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2024* Every parent raising children should read this book. Such common sense and empowering to parents would go along way to curing the ills of this generation. I will suggest reading it to my son who is now raising school age children. I’ve been pretty disturbed by his and his wife’s use of tablets and smart phones to occupy these kids especially during meals when we always talked around the dinner table. Excellent book and well written. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for parents and anyone in mental health field *by R***L on Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2024* Holy cow, this book was wildly eye opening and something I would HIGHLY recommend any therapist reads. I have been a licensed clinical social worker for 10 years and this changed my opinion about so many things in my field. I also became an insta-parent more than a year ago and am dealing with an almost teen who has "so many diagnosis's" that his mother seemed to be fishing for and that do not really fit. Unfortunately, I have had to try to fix some of the lack of parenting that has been occurring by her for so long. This book really opened up my eyes on things that even I need to change to help him become more independent and resilient. This book really surprised me and changed my opinion about a lot of things in the therapy world. Seriously, if you work in the mental health field, this is a MUST READ. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/612026394-bad-therapy-why-the-kids-arent-growing-up](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/612026394-bad-therapy-why-the-kids-arent-growing-up) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-05-25*