Parenting: Would you want your kids to be greedy? Why or why not?
Parenting: Would you want your kids to be greedy? Why or why not?
Personally, I would want my child to be greedy. To want more for himself. I want my child to be better than other kids and hold himself to a higher standard.
Example: I want my child to be greedy. If we were trick or treating and we saw an unattended bowl of candy, I would want him to think "I should dump this entire bowl into my bag" but be reasonable and only grab 1 handful. But I would never want my child to think "Oh, I'm only going to take 1 piece of candy". What are your thoughts on this scenario?
Cue the Gekko speech. But as they say "you gotta get yours" and I can back that but not at the expense of harming others. And is it really greed? Sounds more like trying to push confidence and defeat the mentality of scarcity.
I don’t think you understand the concept or definition of greedy.
I know exactly what it means. I want my child to have an intense desire for wealth and power. He can not be a mediocre average person.
Greedy is a selfish desire. I still don’t think you get it. It’s like going to a bday party and going into the other room and eating all the cake.
Depends
I wonder if this comment will be deleted
This has to be a trolling topic. Parents do not want their kids to be assholes.
It’s a serious topic.
You think parents aren't assholes themselves?
I think your presupposition is that greed and ambition are two closely related concepts. If someone only takes one piece of candy out of the bowl, do you think they’re not the type of person to be ambitious or ruthless enough to rise to the top in the real world?
Taking 1 candy out of the bowl is not ruthless at all.
Agreed. If I saw my kid take only one piece of candy, I would probably slide into a deep depression as I came to the realization that they could never get an offer at a top BB or EB, and that I failed as a parent.
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