Part of our problem as parents is that we tell our kids that they can have everything they want – that the world is theirs for the taking. We want them to become Olympic athletes as well as to win the Nobel prize , because we want them to make us proud !
This is why we send them to tuition classes and sign them up for all kinds of extracurricular activities, so this will look good on their resume !
However, this backfires, because they end up being miserable trying to live up to our expectations .
What we need to do is to encourage them to explore their own interests and play to their own strengths , so they grow up to be happy and confident adults !
Fully agree.