Yeah, Bill Gates never won the Nobel prize. Neither did Steve Jobs. Or Donald Trump for that matter.
Look carefully at a normal curve. If your kid is slightly above average, say C+, then they are doing better than 50% of the poulation. That is already pretty good.
By all means, encourage and assist them to do better than that, but lay off the judgements. A Happy kid who runs a daycare center in the city, is someone that you should be proud of, because believe me, society in general is proud of people like that and does not judge them because they failed to win a Nobel prize.
If your kid can wake up every morning and honestly say, every day in every way I am getting better and better and better, then you are a superlative parent.
Yes! I was a C student. I had it drummed into me that wasn't good enough. It took me many years to realise I am good enough and to work past all that negative re-enforcement that was thrown at me every day for several years. Now I have a great job, a lovely wife and two beautiful children. I live in a lovely house in west London. I am financially independent and I love going to work every morning. If that isn't "good enough" then god knows what is!
Look carefully at a normal curve. If your kid is slightly above average, say C+, then they are doing better than 50% of the poulation. That is already pretty good.
By all means, encourage and assist them to do better than that, but lay off the judgements. A Happy kid who runs a daycare center in the city, is someone that you should be proud of, because believe me, society in general is proud of people like that and does not judge them because they failed to win a Nobel prize.
If your kid can wake up every morning and honestly say, every day in every way I am getting better and better and better, then you are a superlative parent.