Are Local Kids On a 'Race to Nowhere'?

Are local kids on a "race to nowhere"? 

That's the question that a lot of parents are asking, after recent screenings of a film in Centreville and throughout Fairfax County. "Race to Nowhere" focuses the destructive effects of an education system that pushes for a constant state of high achievement, or as the New York Times put it in a recent article, "the downside of childhoods spent on résumé-building."

The film focuses on the high level of pressure students are under to take multiple A.P. courses, practice a sport year-round, participate in a number of extracurricular activities—all to get into a good college. But stress-related illnesses, depression and anxiety are growing among kids who are balancing too many activities. 

Today's topic of discussion, then, is this: what can parents do to strike a balance between keeping their kids motivated and avoiding a destructive level of stress?

Please join us for today's Moms Talk Q&A. The discussion opens at 1 p.m.