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2. The Price of Privilege- How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

   The Price of Privilege

   How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids:
   • Book by Ph.D., Madeline Levine.
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10. Materials World Contents - Composite Materials - Contents of December 1999 Issue of Materials World, from your About.com Guide composite.about.com Mama
11. Criminal Law and Its Processes- Cases and Materials (Casebook)

    Criminal Law and Its Processes

    Cases and Materials (Casebook):
    • Book by Sanford H. Kadish and Stephen J. Schulhofer.
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20. Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering- An Integrated Approach

    Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering

    An Integrated Approach:
    • Book by William D. Jr. Callister.
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29. Mechanics of Materials (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

    Mechanics of Materials (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

• Book by James M. Gere.

The Price of Privilege- How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

The Price of Privilege

How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids:

Madeline Levine has been a practicing psychologist for twenty-five years, but it was only recently that she began to observe a new breed of unhappy teenager. When a bright, personable fifteen-year-old girl, from a loving and financially comfortable family, came into her office with the word empty carved into her left forearm, Levine was startled. This girl and her message seemed to embody a disturbing pattern Levine had been observing. Her teenage patients were bright, socially skilled, and loved by their affluent parents. But behind a veneer of achievement and charm, many of these teens suffered severe emotional problems. What was going on?

Conversations with educators and clinicians across the country as well as meticulous research confirmed Levine's suspicions that something was terribly amiss. Numerous studies show that privileged adolescents are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse -- rates that are higher than those of any other socioeconomic group of young people in this country. The various elements of a perfect storm -- materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, disconnection -- are combining to create a crisis in America's culture of affluence. This culture is as unmanageable for parents -- mothers in particular -- as it is for their children. While many privileged kids project confidence and know how to make a good impression, alarming numbers lack the basic foundation of psychological development: an authentic sense of self. Even parents often miss the signs of significant emotional problems in their "star" children.

In this controversial look at privileged families, Levine offers thoughtful, practical advice as she explodes one child-rearing myth after another. With empathy and candor, she identifies parenting practices that are toxic to healthy self-development and that have contributed to epidemic levels of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in the most unlikely place -- the affluent family.

• Review:: 'Groundbreaking yet irritating in places Well, I'm bucking the trend here by not giving this book 5 stars. I can see why other reviewers have done so. Dr. Levine does seem very wise, compassionate (mostly), and understanding. She appears to be truly groundbreaking in her assertions that affluent kids may well be "at-risk," and she shows the genuine problems associated with being too involved in chidren's lives in an unhealthy way, as well as too critical of children, by focusing on grades or excellence in sports, let's say, rather than the child's personality. She also describes the negative effects of neglecting discipline. And she does all this without the nastiness that so many authors and commentators (read: Dr. Laura) descend to when they attempt to impose personal responsibility. This book gets knocked down two stars for three things that disturbed me greatly: 1. Therapy with "Allison," which is a failure. Dr. Levine boldly states that she finds the concerns of affluent adolescents "boring," at least until they can really open up to her. Kudos to her for her honesty, though I myself would be concerned with taking a teenager to a therapist who admits she is bored by many of her patients, much of the time. But most of the time, the teenagers appear to become more introspective and Dr. Levine gets more interested, and presumably then things go well. Not with Allison, however. She refused to become a more interesting patient. And rather than Dr. Levine saying to herself: "Hmm, I have not reached this girl, and I wonder why," she decides Allison's sense of self is empty and starts giving Allison a lot of lectures on showing more of her true self. Unsurprisingly, Allison reacts poorly to this castigation and leaves therapy, an outcome which is ascribed to Allison's poor character and Dr. Levine's failure to note said poor character in time to do anything productive about it. The stated reason that Levine gives for rejecting Allison this way is that "most teenagers" reveal their true selves over time, which Allison did not. Well, Levine could have concluded that Allison was not "most teenagers." She was an individual, and needed an individual approach. A therapist with more humility would have gone to a peer for a consultation on why the therapy wasn't working, or referred Allison for a second opinion. It seems Levine did neither. Blaming Allison for her poor character is easier to do. Second thing - this disturbed me greatly. Levine says that in her community, reports of abuse are rare. Someone is wrong here - Levine or the Justice Department. **I am not talking about abuse by parents** The Justice Department states that 1 in 6 women is a victim of rape or attempted rape in her lifetime. Contrary to popular belief, rape is a crime against young women and children. The Justice Department states that 80% of rape victims are under age 30, and 44% of them are under age 18. An estimated 10% of sexual assault victims are male. Affluent children are, unfortunately, not immune from being raped. And yet the reader is asked to believe that *none* of the 44% of rape victims under age 18 are making their way to Levine's office. Even though depression after rape is widespread. Even though therapists who specialize in sexual abuse state that physical and sexual assault victims are dramatically overrepresented among those who seek psychotherapy. And finally, even though trauma specialists say the same thing repeatedly: victims usually DO NOT disclose their histories until they are asked directly if they have been assaulted. And sometimes, they refrain from admitting it even then. And even though most assault victims do not go to therapy to talk about the abuse. They go to therapy to talk about how they feel they are screwing up their lives. The ingrained belief of "I'm bad" keeps a lot of people from even seeing what was done to them as abuse. Am I saying that there is some hidden epidemic of rape survivorship that Levine failed to uncover? No, of course not. I think many of her patients have the problems she describes: they are having the problems of growing up with affluence that she outlines. However, if Levine is getting no reports of rape, it seems very clear to me that the likely reason is that she is refusing to ask the question: Were you ever raped or otherwise assaulted? If she doesn't ask the question, she won't get the answer. This observation was confirmed by a vignette that occurs later in the book: a mother comes into therapy and talks endlessly about her "blessed" life. Therapy goes nowhere and is boring. Finally, Levine sits on the couch with the client, looks her right in the eyes, and basically says "you're very unhappy. What's really wrong?" Only then does the woman disclose an incest history. If Levine had never directly confronted her patient in a manner that may have been uncomfortable for them both, she would never have heard about the past sexual abuse. Now, I don't believe I'm unfair in stating that Levine is insensitive to sexual assault issues. On the very same page in which she declares that she rarely hears stories of assault, she tells the tale of a 14-year-old girl who was neglected by her parents on a cruise and had her first "sexual experience" with an "older man" after she got drunk. The girl deteriorated and started cutting herself. This child was 14, and Levine states that the older passenger "seduced" her! It's possible, I suppose, that this was sex experimentation that got out of hand, but when Levine states that this *child* was 14 (!) and that the man was "older," that sounds more like sexual assault, and Levine's belief that it was seduction made me feel the teenager was portrayed as a Lolita. Even if it was not a sexual assault, the fact that the girl became depressed and started cutting strongly suggests that she *perceived* it as one, a fact which is not apparent in Levine's calm description of this event as the girl's "first sexual experience." Finally, Levine tells the story of how her son needed to learn responsibility. She let her son throw a no-alchohol party at their home at a time when Levine's husband was out of town. The alcohol was locked up, bouncers were hired to keep unwanted guests away, and Levine felt fine because these were kids she trusted and had known for years. Then Levine went upstairs at 11:00 (pretty darn early for an adolescent party), went to sleep, and woke up when the police were called! Kids had snuck alcohol in and one boy had a panic attack. Levine was cited for allowing underage drinking, a fact about which she was quite indignant. In Levine's summary, this is all her *son's* fault; she even says that her son endangered Levine's professional reputation with his behavior. Her *son* had to pay for Levine's court costs. My personal opinion is that yes, her son behaved badly, but she shared in the responsibility for the unfortunate outcome. Her chapter on motherhood, in contrast, is extremely valuable and is worth the price of the book in itself. Affluent mothers are often raising children in difficult conditions, without sufficient resources. My advice: overall, the book is excellent: buy it, read it, but please, temper it with something more enlightened if sexual assault is an issue, such as the book "Invisible Girls," which focuses on teenage survivors.
• Review:: 'A great gift for ANYONE with kids! As soon as I finshed it I sent it my own mother and think that I have to give copies of the book anyone that I know with kids or thinking of having kids. Fantastic not only for the "affluent" but for all to read and learn about the children that will be running to world in years to come.
• Review:: 'As a therapist, I found this book informative and easy to read In a nutshell, this is a great book. Informative, insightful for parents, teens and even just the public at large. It helps to understand the "ME ME" generation going on right now. I recoomended it to all of my clients.
• Review:: 'Great insights for parents living in competitive communities I bought this book after hearing about it on the Diane Rehm show on NPR. The book is a mix of research summaries, case studies, and the author's insights. As a parent who hates to discipline, the book was a good reminder of why discipline is necessary and also why it is so difficult. The book made me reflect on many other issues - including the difference between spending time with my kids and connecting with them. The book also did a great job in describing why providing an environment where a child can work on his/her inner self is very important, and that pressuring a child to excel in various areas may be counterproductive. As mentioned in other reviews, this book is written with compassion rather than criticism for parents, particularly with sensitivity to issues of mothers in today's world.
• Review:: 'Shares key insights on motherhood as well as parenting strategies As someone who has studied motherhood intensively for four years (and lived it for seven!) I wish I had a 10-star review in my back pocket to award to "The Price of Privilege." Dr. Madeline Levine provides a compelling body of work to fill in a missing piece of the current round of discussions about modern parenting among privileged families. Through my own work and life experience, I have come to the realization that highly educated, professional women face a specific set of challenges when they make the transition to motherhood. Our culture makes it very difficult to stay authentic to our selves and avoid the traps of perfectionism. Dr. Levine does women a real service by taking these challenges seriously rather than dismissing them. Contrary to much popular wisdom, she describes a generation of upper-middle-class kids as a new type of "at risk" child who is particularly prone to emotional disorders. (In a radio interview she said that these kids had previously been used as a control group in studies of low-income "at risk" kids, until the researchers astutely observed that the privileged kids had challenges of their own.) "The Price of Privilege" will be appreciated by readers in different ways. Levine draws upon her 25 years of clinical work with teens to provide perspective and developmentally appropriate parenting strategies. For readers with teenagers, the focus on the kids may be most appropriate. For parents of younger children, I highly recommend the book for the chapter on mothering, "Having Everything Except What We Need Most: The Isolation of Affluent Moms." In the media, the concerns of affluent women are often dismissed as whining and complaining from a group of women who "have it all." Dr. Levine gives these concerns her compassionate attention. She skillfully negotiates the boundary between bringing these concerns to light while doing her best to avoid blaming women for all that is wrong in families. Levine says that "My hope is that every mother who reads this chapter feels the sense of relief that comes when what we intuitively know to be true is recognized and validated." Thank you, Madeline Levine, for putting new life and gravitas into the old saying, "When Mama ain't happy, nobody ain't happy."

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Criminal Law and Its Processes- Cases and Materials (Casebook)

Criminal Law and Its Processes

Cases and Materials (Casebook):

• Review:: 'Great Criminal Law Casebook If you could call a casebook awesome I would use those words here. This book is great for outlining and it leads you through Criminal Law step by step. You'll be amazed at your deep understanding of Criminal Law when you finish with this casebook.
• Review:: 'Great fun for the law hobbyist I bought this book on a whim. For a long time I had been interested in law and wanted to see what studying it was all about. I don't think I could have picked a better place to start. From the word go this book delivered interesting cases with in-depth analysis at the end of each one. The analysis was especially helpful in picking apart the important points of law that the case represented. Now when I watch Law and Order and The Practice, I can tell my girlfriend about what is going on (in the legal parts) and sound like a total know-it-all, which is totally awesome.
• Review:: 'Good Casebook It's a well written book for the first year, but it would not hurt if the schools used previous edition which can be available at mush cheaper price.
• Review:: 'Great 1st year book! OK, 1Ls of the world...this book is organized very well for outlining. The text covers all of the areas of criminal law, peppered with interesting cases drawn from around the country, and really does a good job of giving the reader a variety of perspectives on the contentious issues that comprise criminal law.
• Review:: 'Concise For first year law students it is a must. Reflection on this book even for the most seasoned attorney is recommended as well.

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