Fulfillment in ‘failure’: How parents’ expectations keep students from finding their own gifts

By Kathleen Hirsch | August 27, 2010 | The Boston Globe

“…Our almost mythic belief that education at a prestige institution will guarantee future success drives parents to any strategy that is affordable — and many that aren’t — regardless of whether this is good for their children….”….BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/27/fulfillment_in_failure?mode=PF

 

 

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