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Synopsis: “The Silicon Valley Suicides” by Hannah Rosin talks about how pressure, the same thing that turns coal into diamonds, is killing our affluent youth. Every generation wants to have better for their children. Every generation adds a plethora of knowledge to the human data bank. Every generation must know more and compete more just to meet the basic standards of the generation they are born into. The pressures put on students by their schools and parents are leaving very little room for self-discovery, a vital part of being a young adult. Hannah Rosin demonstrates the Stockholm syndrome that students feel, which prevents them from rebelling to find their own voice. Well-meaning parents and teachers are creating a scary psychological situation for their children to grown up in. …show more content…

a “bad mom.” While it is funny to watch Mila Kunis throw out her organic produce in lieu of cookies and making the kids fix their own breakfast; it touches unintentionally on a much larger issue. What do kids today have to do to be seen as “good kids” or moreover children worthy of their parent’s love? I did not go to a school with zero hour, I lived in a community where students had to go to work to help the family while also doing enough extracurricular activities to get into a good school. I witnessed the stress of my friends who would get reprimanded for an A-. Now, at 30 I see those same people as adults, some who burned out, some who work 80+ hours a week, a few who went on to do very well for themselves. What I learned from this week’s article is what kind of parent I want to be. I have always wanted my children to go to a STEM school, this article more than any we’ve read in class forced me to reflect on my priorities for my future

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