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When you see that your kid isn't as smart as you were it would seem to be important to instill in them the need to really strive since success is probably not g
by geomark 8y ago
When you see that your kid isn't as smart as you were it would seem to be important to instill in them the need to really strive since success is probably not going to come easy for them but they can still do well. Wondering how smart parents do that, so I can tell my friend.
- pizza234 8y agoYou're making a few assumption that don't hold true in my culture/philosophy: 1. a specific type of success 2. the need for such type of success I personally don't value any of them, and in my culture they're not pushed hard, either. If I would be in that culture and philosophy, definitely, that would be a very troublesome situation, as it would put lots of achievement pressure on the children (and likely failure to meet the "success" of the parent. I guess there is literature about the relationship between genius parents (in a strict sense, so not my case) and children, since probably, very similar mechanics develop.
- bloak 8y agoSuccess can only be defined with respect to a particular goal. We all have different goals in life. Goals may change, so it's good to keep one's options open, but to "instill" anything in a child is hard. With some teenagers the best thing to do might be to ban them from reading and studying and punish them whenever you catch them doing their homework. They might then do those things in secret just to spite you, and then they might at least have the option of going to university.