[quote=scaredyclassic]perhaps an early failure is good.[/quote]
I think it’s an essential part of growing up. I remember when my kids were little, there were a lot of parents that wouldn’t let their kids do anything they weren’t good at, or where success wasn’t guaranteed.
I took the opposite view. Learning how to deal with failure is essential. And my kids handled it very differently. It made my son fearless. He isn’t afraid to try anything. (He’s headed to Gaza this summer. Which is kinda worrisome. He looks like a punk orthodox rabbi.)
And with my daughter, it just increased her always present drive for perfection. She’s always hated to fail, for her, a 99 on a test was a failure. But when she gets 100, she finds a harder test. She’s been a bit of a workout freak for awhile, but for some reason couldn’t do pull-ups. She texted me this morning with a picture of her blistered hand. After doing 60 pull-ups.
