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Societal Issues:
Competency, not self-esteem, should be the goal of education.
Under the Influence: How the Group Changes What We Think
How America Can Help Its Kids
A Nation of Wimps
Oh Snooki, you’re sooooo lame
Retrospective Letters from OA Alums:
Letter from Peter Varellas: Team Expectations
Note from Jack McMahon: Cheating in College
Vinny Liang-Reagan Perry Thank You
Lauren Beaudreau Letter
Eric Tang
Ariel Indisrano
Pressures on Youth:
The Pressure to Cheat
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Our Position on Unhealthy Social Choices
To Drink or Not to Drink on Recruiting Trips
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I Try to Be a Good Father
Grown-Up Problems Start at Bedtime
The Praise Craze
WSJ: Myth of the Over scheduled Child
World Class Parents
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Not Stealing Your Child's Childhood
How America Can Help It's Kids
The Anxious Child (from The Atlantic - June 2020)
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The Butterfly Effect
The Builder
Being Olympian
More Than I Bargained For
Thank you. No, thank you. Why Grateful People are Happier
Love the Process by Yael Averbuch