Admiral Patrick to Ask LemmyEnglish • edit-210 hours agoWhat behavior in an adult do you think most screams 'peaked in high school'?message-square21fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down14
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWhat behavior in an adult do you think most screams 'peaked in high school'?Admiral Patrick to Ask LemmyEnglish • edit-210 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-square@logicbomblink15•8 hours agoIt’s not just sports. It can also be intellectual pursuits. Look at the kids who are in the top tier spelling bee competitions, and then look at their parents, and tell me whose dreams are coming true. Same thing for a lot of child prodigies. A lot of child prodigies suddenly become less “prodigious” the moment they move away from their parents. Same goes for so many different things. Child beauty pageants are another famous example. Obviously this doesn’t mean all of the kids who do these activities are being pushed by their parents. Some of them are self motivated. Some are not.
minus-squareAdmiral PatrickOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 hours agoYep. There’s definitely a difference between encouraging your kid in their extracurricular activities and living vicariously through them.
minus-square@wjriilink3•5 hours ago Look at the kids who are in the top tier spelling bee competitions, and then look at their parents, and tell me whose dreams are coming true. HA! My kid keeps winning her class and then flaming out in the school bee because studying spelling is boring!
It’s not just sports. It can also be intellectual pursuits.
Look at the kids who are in the top tier spelling bee competitions, and then look at their parents, and tell me whose dreams are coming true.
Same thing for a lot of child prodigies. A lot of child prodigies suddenly become less “prodigious” the moment they move away from their parents.
Same goes for so many different things. Child beauty pageants are another famous example.
Obviously this doesn’t mean all of the kids who do these activities are being pushed by their parents. Some of them are self motivated. Some are not.
Yep.
There’s definitely a difference between encouraging your kid in their extracurricular activities and living vicariously through them.
HA! My kid keeps winning her class and then flaming out in the school bee because studying spelling is boring!