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I'm not a parent, but for me the scary thing is not how important is it to be your very best. Rather, it is the question - can any (otherwise healthy) child re
by rplst8 10y ago
I'm not a parent, but for me the scary thing is not how important is it to be your very best. Rather, it is the question - can any (otherwise healthy) child really become an olympian, nobel prize winning scientist, grammy winning musician, or great political leader, if only his or her parents raised them right?
Depending on how you answer, if you don't push your child, you could be ruining his or her chances. That is something I would struggle with as a parent.
- kenjackson 10y agoThe answer is probably a qualified yes. But at what cost. What's the point of being a Grammy award winner of you don't love your work?
- mathattack 10y agoIs raising right necessarily pushing? I decided that I don't have the energy to force my kids to overachieve at things they don't want. But... If they are interested in anything, I will help them find the best instruction. For one this is foreign languages, the other it's chess and programming. But if they weren't interested, I wouldn't make it my mission to push. It's their life, and achieving "potential" is ultimately on them.