Let's be clear - the article is about raising a kid with the skills and capabilities of an entrepreneur. But be wary of targeting your child's future career path. That is a very dangerous game to play, as your kids need to be free to make their own path in the world, not follow your script.
I do not think being an entrepreneur is right for everyone. If everyone was cut out to do it, YC wouldn't need to question their applicants so carefully.
And as a parent, I don't want my child jumping down a path that doesn't match who they are, and therefore won't make them happy.
Did you read the article? While the headline is about raising an entrepreneur the advice is to raise adventurous and curious children and to provide stability and dependability. Hardly threatening ideals.
Sure- forcing your child down one path isn't right, but this advice is almost specifically not doing that. There's no 5 step plan involving a specific major or school or anything.
I agree, but I also think that society has a path mapped out for kids: become a loan slave/worker drone. School doesn't teach entrepreneurship at all, and neither does university. So if left unchecked, the danger is that the kids will just be slurped up by one of the official "channels" and become another worker drone.
To be fair, some universities have tiny offices dedicated to creating businesses from their research, but I don't think it is very prominent in what tends to happen at universities. "They" are much happier if they can get you to toil for little money towards your PhD.
Also, I don't think it is really possible to be completely neutral towards the development of one's own kids. And I think it is OK to pass on some of one's values. They can always rebel if they don't like them.
Totally agree with you. My number one priority is that my children have a career that leaves them as fulfilled as I am. If that means they're entrepreneurs too, that's awesome, but I don't really care. As a result, my wife and I are focused on giving them space to discover their own passions and then resources to pursue them
I do not think being an entrepreneur is right for everyone. If everyone was cut out to do it, YC wouldn't need to question their applicants so carefully.
And as a parent, I don't want my child jumping down a path that doesn't match who they are, and therefore won't make them happy.