A Schizoid at Smith
How Overparenting Leads to Underachieving
by Blair Sorrel
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Pub Date 28 Aug 2023 | Archive Date 18 Feb 2024
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Description
WHEN STRIVERS SPAWN SLACKERS.
Strange as it may seem, some status-seeking parents actually sabotage their children's chance of success.
Early disparagement imprints lifelong low self-esteem, a social phobia impairing concentration along with a stultifying dread of authority figures. An overall shoddy rearing-style that ensures educational and professional disappointment nowhere near approximating those lofty aspirations. Genius or genes doesn't factor so much as the fundamental influence of competent, caring guardians.
A Schizoid at Smith: How Overparenting Leads to Underachieving is a breakthrough female narrative instilling greater understanding and possible prevention of this cryptic condition. The memoir is set mostly in the 60s, the heyday of classic rock; icons appear as bit players providing the protagonist's saving grace. Share this Seven Sister's struggle through humor, hope, and all that stellar music, her "special friend." Read on and perhaps you will also emerge a better person.
A Note From the Publisher
Blair also worked as the founder of StreetZaps, a stray voltage clearinghouse that the National Electric Code showcased sporadically, Con Edison and the Electric Power and Research Institute respected, Channel 11/WPIX featured, and that former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman made an official public service.
She was the first community representative that Con Edison invited to their annual Jodie S. Lane Stray Voltage Detection, Mitigation, and Prevention National Conference starting in 2008.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781639889273 |
| PRICE | US$17.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 166 |
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Featured Reviews
Sascha O, Reviewer
A thought provoking and insightful memoir.
As a child, from the outside it seemed the author had a privileged upbringing. High achieving parents and fulfilling family life. However, the author let's us into the how it really is living with strict parents with high expections.
As well as the stresses at home, the author also struggles socially outside the home and it is not until much later that she is diagnosed with a disorder.
The book takes the reader on an insightful journey as it changes between time lines.
An interesting read.
