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Children hang out outside of the People on Bikes bicycle shop next to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minn. July 14, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson)

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Obsessed with our kids' happiness

Broadcast: Midmorning, 06/14/2011, 10:06 a.m.

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In her time as a therapist-in-training, writer Lori Gottlieb has noticed a trend among young parents: paying too much attention to their kids' happiness. She believes that the attempt to shelter children from any painful feelings is having the opposite of its intended effect.

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  • Lori Gottlieb: Journalist and author. Her article "How to Land Your Kid in Therapy" appears in the July/August issue of The Atlantic.

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