Psychologist Shefali Tsbary makes the case that high-achieving people might be unintentionally harming their kids by bringing their attitudes about work into their parenting. “In this culture we live in, achievement, performance, and doing are the hallmarks of our identity,” she says. “Striving for perfection and success, as we narrowly define it, makes us want those qualities in our friends, our spouse, and our children.”

Source: How Overachieving Parents Can Avoid Ruining Their Kids’ Lives | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

Her new book The Awakened Family looks like one I should check out. Some of the worst examples of discounting rest, unfortunately, can be found in the lives of kids and teens, who need it every bit as much as the rest of us.