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And why are virtues like “resilience” valuable over actual achievement (like being at Stanford)? So they depend on parents and managers more and take longer to
by throwawaysleep 4y ago
And why are virtues like “resilience” valuable over actual achievement (like being at Stanford)?
So they depend on parents and managers more and take longer to be independent. Why does this matter? This is perfectly normal in Asian cultures for kids to be attached to their parents until their 30s, much more slowly but in a more stable and reliable fashion building their own lives.
- samtho 4y agoThe “soft life skill” like resilience are very important for any adult. Achievement is great but is meaningless if all you got out of it was trivial knowledge. Being resilient, for example, allows a young adult to take difficult situations in stride knowing that they can get through this.
- nonethewiser 4y agoUntil their 30s? In many places they live with them their entire lives. It’s more about economic conditions than ideal child development. As for someone’s 30’s, it’s just rather late in life to become independent. People are capable of it much sooner. You don’t want to hold back a grown adult.
- bigDinosaur 4y agoIndependence is really the only way to have a good chance at achieving what you want, rather than only what others want or expect of you. There's surely some value in being able to branch out which requires lots of skills related to resilience.