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Page 107 kids, whose parents let them make their own choices about what they like are more likely to develop interests later identified as a passion so while my dad in Shanghai in 1950 didn't think twice about his father, assigning him a career path, most young people today would find it difficult to fully own interests, decided without their input

— from Family & Parenting (Family/Parenting) · Grit Angela duckworth kat dictation

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Teach them, above all, to be givers and not takers, and make it concrete rather than preached: when a child first earns an allowance, have them split it into three boxes — one to spend, one to save, one to give away — and do real charity together, as a family, so generosity becomes a habit instead of a sermon. Praise their effort and strategy rather than their cleverness, which raises a child who reaches for challenges instead of fearing them; and let them choose, because children free to pick their own interests are far likelier to find a lasting passion than those handed a track to run. The oldest ethical wills put the whole of it most tenderly: devote your mind to your children as I did to you; be tender to them as I was tender; instruct them as I instructed; keep them as I kept you. — Family & Parenting (Family/Parenting)

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