Dr Eunice Price: Year 13 girls think being pretty and popular more important than intelligence

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Jul 19, 2021 · 4m

You may be surprised to learn Year 13 girls still think being pretty and popular on social media is more important than intelligence and academic achievements.

This is our 16-18 year-olds, and perhaps most surprisingly, the information comes from interviews with the top achievers at four high schools.

Dr. Eunice Price at Auckland University's faculty of Education and Social Work told Tim Dower parents need to be supportive and let their kids know it isn’t the be all and end all.

“Some of the pressures they feel are really real, they almost feel as if some of their failures are a life or death…