external In the Media USA Today: 'A pleasure to have in class': Does being a teacher's pet mean you're doomed to fail? October 13, 2021 Melissa Whitson, professor of psychology, comments on the teacher's pet mentality and the danger of focusing on that validation as an adult. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/10/13/burnout-does-being-teachers-pet-set-students-up-failure/8420431002/ news-all news-in-the-media year-2021 month-october