RULE 75
Let your kids mess up for themselves – they don’t need any help from you
I have children and I naturally want them to be happy and well adjusted and successful. But do I also harbour secret plans for them? Do I want them to be doctors? Lawyers? Diplomats? Scientists? Archaeologists? Palaeontologists? Writers? Entrepreneurs? The Pope (look, someone has to be the Pope and it may be some parent’s ambition somewhere to see their child as the Pope)? Astronauts?
No. I don’t think so. Hand on my heart, I can say I haven’t ever had such ambitions for them. I do hope they’re not listening but I can say that I’ve been disappointed on the odd occasion when their career choice has seemed a bit unusual – not their sort of thing at all. But you have ...
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