# Our Kids Owe Us Nothing ## Metadata - Author: [[Daily Dad]] - Full Title: Our Kids Owe Us Nothing - Category: #source/articles ## Highlights - many kids are held back by their parents. Because their parents are afraid of losing their kids, because they don’t value education, because they don’t believe their kids can actually make something of themselves. Plenty of other people lose out on opportunities to better themselves (by moving, by breaking old patterns of behavior) because [their own parents](https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/27ukpqrk4ebohvn7vzzh3hrk4zw44/8ghqhohl5woogzik/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWRhZC5jb20vd2hhdC15b3VyLXBhcmVudHMtZGlkLWlzLW5vdC1hbi1leGN1c2UvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2VuZGZveCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXNlbmRmb3gmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWxpZnQtdGhlbS11cA==) are inflexible, stubborn, and self-involved ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hd98h44kbdp5715b92h6s9sg)) - Our kids owe us nothing. We owe them everything ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hd98jee78cyr662xr4dvnxz7)) - Your job is to lift them up, to push them forward, [to help them become who they can become](https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/27ukpqrk4ebohvn7vzzh3hrk4zw44/l2hehmh3kqllo7t6/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseWRhZC5jb20vd2hhdC1hcmUtdGhleS1sZWFybmluZy1mcm9tLWhvdy15b3UtY2FycnkteW91cnNlbGYvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2VuZGZveCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXNlbmRmb3gmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWxpZnQtdGhlbS11cA==) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hd98jydy7qymsp16v2wrwnav))