Tiger sibling dilema - passion vs practicality

Hunt
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:00:53 +0000

OP, I think what your third kid really needs is advice from somebody other than parents and siblings–ideally, somebody who can really evaluate her chances of getting into a field that interests her. I very much believe that kids should be encouraged to follow their dreams, as long as the dream is at least reasonably practical. But family members are likely to be either too risk-averse, or not risk-averse enough, in evaluating this.