"Parents have told their kids from day one that there's no end to what they are capable of doing," says Virginia's Portmann. "They read them the Dr. Seuss book Oh, the Places You'll Go! and create bumper stickers telling the world their child is an honor student."
I read that book just recently, and I clearly remember there being several pages along the lines of "You will experience failure, too. It'll be hard. Don't let it get you down." That's not quite the same thing as 'you can do anything', is it, now?
I may have misremembered; if anybody has the book at hand, feel free to correct or confirm. |
