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Teen learning stress management and resilience skills for school and life
Kids Aren’t “Soft.” They’re Untrained. college athletes college readiness emotional regulation executive functioning skills high school athletes life skills mental performance mindset parents resilience stress and anxiety stress management teen mental health Mar 27, 2026

 I keep hearing the same thing: 
“Kids these days are soft.”
“They need to toughen up.”

But here’s the problem -

we’re expecting kids to have skills that are never actually taught.

Let’s Make This Make Sense

If you handed me a calculus exam right now, I wouldn’t suddenly “toughen up” and figure...

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