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I don't even want anymore for my kids to win Nobel prizes or the equivalent in other fields. If it becomes their passion, sure, I'll support them. But I won't push them to be the absolute best, or wathever it is that tiger parents supposedly are doing to make their kids geniuses or CEOs. I'm pretty sure I don't even want that life for them, as the CEOs and the geniuses I've met either led very stressful lives or were downright assholes (but I'm sure there are many exceptions). I found out, soon after my first one was born (I have two), that all I wish for them is: a happy and meaningful life, health, and that they have a good heart. If they never amount to nothing money/carrer wise, well, so what?



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