In an article introducing her groundbreaking work, The Price of Privilege, Madeline Levine speaks of how many of her basic assumptions about parenting were challenged. In this article (and more fully in her book), Levine shows a generation of children who have received everything the world has said would produce the perfect life: unlimited resources, unlimited opportunities, and unlimited possibilities. Yet this generation is far from perfect. She continues, “In spite of parental concern and economic advantage, many of my adolescent patients suffer from readily apparent emotional disorders: addictions, anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders and assorted self-destructive behaviors.” Levine exposes the emptiness of the modern myth that enough resources, education, and strategy will lead us to the perfect life.
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