[frithguild]

But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

With the sunset of the greatest generation, we have become a country full of quitters.

[delapaz]

There is some truth in this article. And one of those truths is that the Chinese style of parenting fits in very well with the K-12 educational system that we imported from Prussia.

Of course neither of those things produced a George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, a Thomas Edison, etc.