We can't all be good at everything
While browsing the website of my (all girls) secondary school, I came across this statement: "Whether your daughter wants to be an architect, airline pilot, ambassador or actuary, she needs to know that nothing can stand in her way. We believe that this School sends that message to girls every day." Which is a very nice thought and something that most parents want to believe for their child but it is actually harmful in the long run. Kids leave school thinking that they can "be" anything that they want to be and that "nothing can stand in their way". However they need to learn early on that it is impossible to be good at everything. We have raised a generation of over-confident adults with high aspirations and delusions that they will all become the top of their field one day. If that was the case, then no one would clean toilets, pack our Amazon orders, serve us in McDonald's drive-thru or hand out flyers on the high street. I have been...