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Re:Perseverance Toward Life Goals Can Fend Off Depression, A... by jcims on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:24AM (#23935715)
>Guide them, direct them, support them, teach them, but their goals should be their own.

Children are definitely their own person and I generally agree with what you're saying, but sometimes kids don't develop their own goals. Then they graduate from high school and their childhood is basically over and they have no inner voice driving them in a certain direction.

This is happening with someone I know right now and the anxiety that it's creating is making the problem much worse.

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Re:Perseverance Toward Life Goals Can Fend Off Depression, A... by Trasmatta on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:29AM (#23935742)
This is true, but there's also a pretty wide gulf between "do nothing to help your kids form life goals or skills" and "MY mission is to make my kids learn calculus by the time they're 10".
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