'India importing toxic learning culture': Gurgaon entrepreneur says middle class raising weak kids

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

Okay putting some facts together for you: [1] India's population will peak in 2065 [2] Right now India's real estate (Eg. Mumbai) is more costly than in Dubai (this makes no sense) [3] If you are retiring in 2040s, 2050s, 2060s, you will witness a high inflation world (especially in Indian major cities) [4] We don't have a reliable social sec... See more

We teach them to focus almost exclusively on themselves and their own performance—because they must have a perfect grade point average, must be selected by a top-tier college, must find an impressive job. They are so busy focusing on themselves that they rarely have time to consider how they might help and serve others. Kindness and gratitude are o

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Far below, they see a dim world of processed food, obesity, divorce, addiction, online-education scams, stagnant wages, rising morbidity rates—and they pledge to do whatever they can to keep their children from falling. They’ll stay married, cook organic family dinners, read aloud at bedtime every night, take out a crushing mortgage on a house in a

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