I think a counter argument could be that kids that young still don't know that much about the world and it's going to be a very hard thing to motivate yourself

I think a counter argument could be that kids that young still don't know that much about the world and it's going to be a very hard thing to motivate yourself to become better at such a young age when you are already ahead of so many of your (offline) peers. Of course, this is offset by the internet, a bit, but it still seems a valid point to me. How do you teach someone hard work and work ethic? I don't think many kids are willingly going to run themselves into the ground trying to become the best. Looking at my past, I kind of regret not being pushed further by my parents. I'm not some top achiever or anything like that, but I was good enough in the things I did (amongst the peers in my smallish town) that I could get away with the "I'm already better than X/Y, get off my back!"