ryanwaggoner made the point I thought of when I read your comment, but I want to reinforce it. For every success there will be 10 (or more) broken children who

ryanwaggoner made the point I thought of when I read your comment, but I want to reinforce it. For every success there will be 10 (or more) broken children who go through this "method". They will hate their parents. They will have a broken sense of self. They will not be socialized. They will have emotional problems, sometimes serious ones. How do I know this? I've met the failed ones. I've never met a success from this method, either, and I'm 50. The people that I've met that were a "success", were both smart, hard working and focused. And, they had one thing which is not praised much anymore: common sense. I have known more smart people than I can count in my life. A fraction of them had much common sense or "life smarts". Yeah, they could run rings around me with their programming or math or whatever ability, but they often couldn't make a good decision to save their life. Lastly, I'll say that whatever drive your child has, cultivate it. You cannot create drive, it either is or isn't.