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A The teenage girl who sat in Madeline Levine’s office was bright and pretty．She came from a well-off family that loved her deeply．And she had used a razor(剃刀)to carve the word“Empty”into the skin of her left forearm．Outwardly this girl seemed to have a happy life; underneath the surface she was on the edge of disaster．
As a psychologist Levine has noticed important changes in the type of problems that today’s teens have．She believes today’s parents are so busy working to make sure their children have the best of everything that increasingly we miss out on giving our children what they need the most：time attention and unconditional love．
“All of us believe that we are somehow doing the best for our kids and that this will help our kids lead the best life．But the things that help our children grow up to be normal and happy have very little to do with material goods ”Levine says．
A parent’s job is to ensure a kid works hard believes Levine but they need to be realistic about their child’s abilities Most of us are actually rather ordinary．We should let children know everyone has strengths and weaknesses．
One teen told Levine his whole had been about preparing for college．Another was afraid to go home after getting cut from the school basked-ball team-he felt terrible about letting his father down．
Kids who constantly feel they’ve disappointed their parents and that they aren’t good enough often end up depressed and suicidal(自杀)．Children need to know they are loved unconditionally even if they don’t make the football team or get A on every project．“At the end of the day we all just want to go home to a place where we’re loved simply for who we are ”Levine says．