> There's also a question of whether it helps anyone else. Our world is facing immense challenges. Many of the things cans we've been kicking down the road for

> There's also a question of whether it helps anyone else. Our world is facing immense challenges. Many of the things cans we've been kicking down the road for these past decades are going to pile up on the generation to come. Their generation needs people slaving away in labs or in front of computers. That need might be existential. Your kids shouldn't get a pass on that just because they are privileged and their parents were well-off enough that they could be comfortable without necessarily striving. IMHO that's overfitting, what worked for our parent might or might not work for us. I believe cultivating the right mindset, having the children think for themselves instead of forcing them to follow our footsteps, is the best way to prepare them for the uncertainty of the future. Disclaimer: I'm Asian, but not in America.