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#138 - Beauty Standards, Academic Pressure and Raising Resilient Children — Rosvinder Kaur

#138 - Beauty Standards, Academic Pressure and Raising Resilient Children — Rosvinder Kaur3 okt57 min

<p>Ros is a former national award-winning teacher and someone who has reinvented herself more than once. </p><p>Raising her daughters in Singapore she is acutely aware of the pressure the education system places on children — which is exactly why she is so deliberate about what she is building in them instead.</p><p>In this episode:<br>→ Singapore&#39;s exam culture and what that level of academic pressure actually does to children <br>→ Beauty standards and the misconception that appearance is enough without substance to back it up<br>→ Two daughters with completely opposite personalities — and the challenge of honouring their differences.</p><p>For the mother who wants to raise girls who know their value especially in a world where the pressure to perform, look a certain way and meet everyone else&#39;s definition of success starts earlier than it ever should.</p>