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I find that a pretty strange approach to parenting. IMO you should optimize for happiness of your child, not for carefully manipulating them into the path you laid out for them. My perception of a good parent is to encourage your child to discover and pursue their own passions, even if they contradict yours. You can open doors, but they need to walk through it by themselves. YMMV.

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Huh? Learning can be fun, last I heard. In any case, that's what I meant when I said 'feedback'. Further, there are some skills that are absolutely necessary to learn to function in society, basic math, basic language skills, etc. More important are skills like perseverance, managing one's own emotional well-being, self-control, delaying gratification, etc. It is one's responsibility to at least attempt to teach these to their children.

I was referring to this sentence:

> The only risk I can think of is: if you push too hard, it can have the opposite effect of making the child hate it.

That seems like a weird "risk".

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