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**TeNuaTe** · 09-19-2008, 09:06 PM

I'm of course not advocating slave-driving, but making the kid (within reasonable extents) pursue a goal is not necessarily detrimental.

No, of course not. But it has to, at least on some level, be the child's goal. It can't just be the parent's. And I can't begin to tell you how many times I have personally witnessed the tragedy of the latter.

But as far as sports go, I will never advocate a parent deciding a child's career path no matter how well it may work out for some people (i.e., the Williams). For every success there are a thousand failures, with untold financial, emotional, and physical consequences. I've seen it too many times to lay it out any differently.

09-19-2008, 09:06 PM	#6
TeNuaTe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 449 Senior Member	I'm of course not advocating slave-driving, but making the kid (within reasonable extents) pursue a goal is not necessarily detrimental. No, of course not. But it has to, at least on some level, be the child's goal. It can't just be the parent's. And I can't begin to tell you how many times I have personally witnessed the tragedy of the latter. But as far as sports go, I will never advocate a parent deciding a child's career path no matter how well it may work out for some people (i.e., the Williams). For every success there are a thousand failures, with untold financial, emotional, and physical consequences. I've seen it too many times to lay it out any differently.
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