Oh yeah, it's because we want them to get jobs. But trust me, if you make a child do a lot of something they don't love, they might get a job with it and then just quit because they hate it.
I find that people who do this to their children regret it later, life is short and the time we have to help our children forge a good foundation is even shorter.
You can very well give them a balance between a carefree, happy childhood full of love, while at the same time forcing them to discover lots of things they don't like at first sight.
It's better to fail at raising children by trying to pass something on to them than to let others do it all for you.
I don't disagree with a little pushing, but some children will just never be good at math....
Because she pushed through my complaints and bore my abuse, I now have deeply embedded musical skills that have changed the trajectory of my life experience for the better.
As an adult, I try to thank her for this whenever I can. I don’t know if I’ll be strong enough to give my own future children this gift.
Interesting, I thought we're doing it because we don't want them to be stupid.