Are schools failing our children when it comes to mental health? Journalist Abigail Shrier thinks so. She argues schools are over-involved in mental health interventions, pathologizing normal childhood behavior and undermining parents in the process. In this conversation, Shrier exposes the shocking truth about mental health in schools and reveals a better path forward for parents to raise resilient and well-adjusted kids.

00:00 – Intro
01:12 – Creating mentally unstable kids
03:57 – How did we get in this mess?
07:13 – Bad therapy…or just social trends?
08:49 – Should we be our kids friend?
11:23 – The parenting type that raises the BEST kids
17:03 – Is this all the parents’ fault?
25:21 – Is “Bad Therapy” a worldwide problem?
28:25 – Talk to your kids’ therapist about these things
37:37 – The importance of facing adversity in childhood
42:34 – Can we blame grad schools for all of this?
44:42 – On technology and social media
46:31 – Schools should “never” have gotten involved in mental health
50:11 – Did COVID accelerate “bad therapy?”
51:35 – How to return to normalcy
53:49 – Why Shane shares negative YouTube comments with his kids
56:51 – Shrier’s experience being “cancelled”
59:41 – On prestige media
01:03:15 – Small steps parents can take to return to normal
01:06:30 – Dealing with schools saying one thing and parents saying another
01:09:00 – Why is the silent majority…silent?
01:12:00 – If this continues, what happens?
01:13:47 – What makes someone a successful parent?

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