Since they were months old until they’re teenagers, kids have always been pushed too hard from their parents. Parents want to see their kids succeed, but are they going too far?
For many reasons, parents pushing their children too hard is so wrong. Parents want their kids to be superstars and big time Olympic athletes or scholars. Kids starting at a ridiculously young age are training just to be the best they can for their parents. These kids are getting pushed at a young age to participate in sports and academic events. Sometimes parents don’t really know how much their kids can take. This could actually cause the kids to have self esteem issues. With pressure and training, it’s stressful for kids of all ages to be the best. Of the nearly 8 million students currently participating in high school athletics in the US, only 480,000 of them will compete at NCAA schools.
Kids these days have a lot of pressure on them. Whether it’s school or practice, parents can cause serious problems. Parents bombarding their kids with a million things to do and to soar in sports causes anger, stress, and anxiety. Not every kid will be a superstar. Parents aren’t just pushing their kids in sports, but in academics also. To further my point, 3 out of 10,000 high school basketball players will go pro.
Overall, a great amount of pressure from parents doesn’t always benefit kids. Parents want their kids to be the best. They want scholarships and good grades and Olympic or professional athletes. It doesn’t need to be like that. Parents need to step back and see that their kids aren’t happy with themselves. Parents encouraging their kids to succeed if fine, but they need to make sure not to take it too far and understand how much they can handle.
On the contrary, parents could argue to say that “My kids are happy, I know them I know if they didn’t want to do it they wouldn’t.” What parents don’t know is that kids are extremely good at hiding how they really feel to make their parents happy. They do what their parents want most of the time.
In conclusion, kids are being pressured too hard by their parents to succeed. It’s not easy being a kid these days especially when you have parents making sure you’re working and training as hard as possible. Kids should get a break from all of this training and academics to just be kids.
