The Washington Post: No, honey, you can’t be anything you want to be. And that’s okay.

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If parents promote the idea that success is primarily determined by variables within our child’s control, even such noble things as skill and effort, we are ignoring the overriding influence of chance, to the detriment of our children.  When they fail at something (as inevitably we all do) children who don’t recognize the significant role of random chance in determining life’s outcomes may blame themselves or stop trying.  

The Washington Post's full article is here: No, honey, you can’t be anything you want to be. And that’s okay.

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