Best of: High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture

Best of: High Anxiety & Good Grades: Our Toxic Achievement Culture

From Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry by Lynn Lyons LICSW, Robin Hutson

March 27, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the toxicity of the current achievement culture and its impact on children and parents.

In this recast of an important episode from Seasons 2, we tackle the toxicity of our current achievement culture. It’s so normalized, it’s now invisible to us. Lynn has a must hear answer for kids of any age. WE'VE MADE PLAYLISTS OF OUR EPISODES TO HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. Here is our first: For those brand new to the podcast, we suggest starting with this playlist featuring Lynn Lyons and the 7-part anxiety disruptor series as well as a 3-part series on the skills most helpful in managing anxious kids: flexibility, problem solving, and autonomy. Consult our Spotify profile for the most up-to-date selection. We will select two listeners who complete our listener survey. We hope it is you! FOLLOW US Join the Facebook group to get news on the upcoming courses for parents, teens, and kids. Follow Flusterclux on Facebook and Instagram. Follow Lynn Lyons on Twitter and Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Lynn Lyons, Robin Hutson

Topics covered

  • achievement culture
  • anxiety
  • parenting
  • mental health
  • education

Keywords

  • anxiety
  • achievement
  • parenting
  • mental health
  • education
  • toxic culture
  • kids

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