{"id":358,"date":"2024-02-06T04:59:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2024-02-06T04:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:59:44","slug":"personal-wellbeing-12-what-went-wrong-a-case-for-parenting-for-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/personal-wellbeing\/personal-wellbeing-12-what-went-wrong-a-case-for-parenting-for-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Wellbeing &#8211; 12. What went wrong? A case for parenting for failure."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stating the obvious&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a very brilliant boy, he always scored 100% in Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Got selected for IIT Madras and scored excellent in IIT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Went to the University of California for MBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Got a high-paying job in America and settled there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Married a beautiful Tamil girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bought a 5-room big house and luxury cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had everything that made him successful, but a few years ago, he committed suicide after shooting his wife and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WHAT WENT WRONG?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The California Institute of Clinical Psychology studied his case and found, \u201cWhat went wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researcher met the boy&#8217;s friends and family and found that he lost his job due to America\u2019s economic crisis, and he had to sit without a job for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after reducing his previous salary, he didn&#8217;t get any jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then his house installment broke and he and his family lost the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They survived a few months with less money and then he and his wife together decided to commit suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He first shot his wife and children and then shot himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case concluded that the man was <strong>Programmed for success<\/strong> but he was <strong>not trained for handling failures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Now let&#8217;s come to the actual question.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the habits of highly successful people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, I want to tell you that if you have achieved everything, there is a chance to lose everything. Nobody knows when the next economic crisis will hit the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best success habit is getting trained to handle failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to request every parent to please not only program their child to be successful but also teach them how to handle failures and teach them proper lessons about life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning high-level science and math will help them clear competitive exams, but knowledge about life will help them face every problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teach them about how money works instead of teaching them to work for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help them find their passion because these degrees will not help them in the next economic crisis, and we don\u2019t know when the next crisis will hit the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Success is a lousy teacher. Failure teaches you more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This serves as a stark reminder of the importance of holistic well-being and stress management. Despite achieving academic and professional success, our inability to cope with failure and economic hardship can ultimately lead to a devastating outcome. California Institute of Clinical Psychology&#8217;s study of the case revealed that the individual was ill-equipped to navigate adversity, highlighting the critical need for resilience and coping mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a dire necessity to instill in individuals, especially children, not only a drive for success but also the skills to handle setbacks and challenges, for their overall wellbeing. While academic achievements are valuable, they do not guarantee immunity from life&#8217;s uncertainties. Instead, a comprehensive understanding of life, including financial literacy and emotional resilience, equips individuals to face adversity with strength and adaptability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of this, parents need to prioritize holistic education, emphasizing life lessons alongside academic pursuits. Rather than solely focusing on academic excellence, parents are urged to nurture their children&#8217;s passions and teach them about the realities of life, including financial management and coping strategies. Ultimately, success is not solely defined by achievements but also by one&#8217;s ability to weather storms and emerge resilient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>If<\/em><\/strong> you really care, please share with other parents,<strong> helicopter\u00a0or\u00a0otherwise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kindly note:<\/strong> This article was shared with me anonymously, and I&#8217;m uncertain about the original author&#8217;s identity. However, I&#8217;m passing it along to all of you in the hope that it reaches as many parents as possible. Let&#8217;s work together to transform lives, as the original author intended. I have merely added my summarised views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ajay Mahajan | +91 96548 89815 | <a href=\"mailto:ajm@ajaymahajan.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ajm@ajaymahajan.info<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a dire necessity to instill in individuals, especially children, not only a drive for success but also the skills to handle setbacks and challenges for their overall wellbeing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9,6,11,8],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-wellbeing","tag-mentalhealth","tag-wellbeing","tag-wellness","tag-wellnessseekers","eq-blocks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellnessseekersacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}