I very much enjoyed watching Far From the Tree, which was sort of surprising to me (no offense, Tom). I liked the way that the children (even when they were adults) were able to present their stories, and we were for the most part able to hear their experiences from their perspective. One thing that stuck out to me was how some parents measured accomplishment based on achievement when compared to their own lives - I think I remember one parent saying, "Of course we're proud of him, he's married and I couldn't even tell you what he teaches." That just stuck out to me, because I think that's how we so often measure pride and how parents often view their children - not saying these parents don't love their kids, but it's so interesting to me that rather than say, "Of course we're proud of him, he's our son and we love him," the parent's instinct was to describe accomplishments.
When reading Kate Julian's article, most of the information was familiar. I have a degree in ECE and worked in the field for a really long time, so I've personally experienced discussions with parents about the importance of early childhood. But what really struck me about this piece was that so many children of color already experience the "increased stress" that Julian wrote about in her article. The environmental effects, the stress of being on the wrong end of the wealth gap, and the experience of growing up experiencing racism by itself - these are all powerful stressors that I think white clinicians and white people often overlook. I also think there are more holistic solutions (i.e., protesting and large scale advocacy for change) to the stresses Julian talks about in her article, and am not really a fan of the whole "the world is kind of falling apart but you as an individual can and should take responsibility for your part in it and your life going forward" attitude, but I digress.