Comment by hasenj

> So many of the things you learn, things you'd like your 17 year old self to know, are things that other 17 year olds already know; and vice versa.

Indeed, and many parents make a mistake by not realizing this.

They think about what they missed in their lives (e.g. money) and they want their children to have it, so they force them to go to med school and make their lives miserable by being too strict about studying and discipline.

They never look at what they themselves (the parents) had and took for granted (e.g. freedom, social life) and they don't see that their children don't have these things. The parents might even view these things as unimportant, because after all, they had a social life in their youth, but it didn't earn them any money! So it's better for their children to not have a social life, but instead get a good career so that they can earn money!