20 Best nonfiction books like Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g…

"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy waters long enough to have gained some self-knowledge, some self-regard, and a sense of the accuracy of my own perceptions."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.54

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling Author Rosaria Butterfield Confronts 5 Cultural Lies She Once Believed Modern culture i… read more

Similar categories in Rosaria Champagne Butterfield's Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
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2. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

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  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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3. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

By: Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more

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  • cultural
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

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4. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother

By: Abbie Halberstadt

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
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5. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • cultural
  • self help
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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6. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

Similar categories in Nellie Bowles's Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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7. Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture

By: Aaron Renn

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Learning how to live in today's new social and cultural environment will require examination, trial… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Renn's Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
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8. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • self help
  • parenting
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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9. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality

By: Emily Morrow

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more

Similar categories in Emily Morrow's Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • audiobook
  • parenting
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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10. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more

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  • cultural
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

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11. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

By: Joe Rigney

4.54

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"

-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

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12. How to Read a Book: Advice for Christian Readers

By: Andrew David Naselli

4.56

Format: 106 pages, ebook

When people ask me what I do for a living, sometimes I reply, “I teach people how to read.” My paid… read more

Similar categories in Andrew David Naselli's How to Read a Book: Advice for Christian Readers book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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13. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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14. The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond

By: Alisa Childers

4.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking book on the true nature of faith deconstruction Alisa and Tim help the reader t… read more

Similar categories in Alisa Childers's The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

Similar categories in Bill Maher's What This Comedian Said Will Shock You book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Johann Hari

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more

Similar categories in Johann Hari's Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • audiobook
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth by Catherine Pakaluk

17. Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth

By: Catherine Pakaluk

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A portrait of America's most interesting yet overlooked women. In the midst of a historic "birth d… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Pakaluk's Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth book and Abigail Shrier's Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

  • nonfiction
  • parenting
  • audiobook
Cover of Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization by Brad Wilcox

18. Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization

By: Brad Wilcox

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox explains how our ruling class publicly disparages ma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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19. Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be

By: Timothy P. Carney

4.09

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the sa… read more

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  • cultural
  • parenting
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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20. Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda

By: Megan Basham

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bo… read more

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  • cultural
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. When Christians Disagree: Lessons from the Fractured Relationship of John Owen and Richard Baxter

By: Tim Cooper

4.06

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Two Oppositional Figures in Church History Shed Light on Division in the Church Today Our curren… read more

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Rob Henderson

4.26

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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother

Abbie Halberstadt

4.34

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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4.64

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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Charles Duhigg

4.05

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Erik Larson

4.24

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