Daniel Markovits on the meritocracy trap

What if the way we're teaching children to succeed is actually making them more stressed?

 For years, many parents have been taught that success means:

📚 Top grades

🎓 Elite schools

🏆 Constant achievement

💼 A prestigious career

But Dr. Daniel Markovits, Yale Law Professor and author of The Meritocracy Trap, challenges the idea that this system is as fair —or as healthy— as we assume.

The pressure to constantly achieve can turn childhood into a competition where children start feeling like their worth depends on how well they perform. 💡 Maybe success shouldn't only be measured by achievement. What if we're also asking:

• Is my child happy?
• Do they have purpose?
• Can they handle failure?
• Do they have time to simply be a child?

Our children don't need to win every race. They need the confidence, resilience, and skills to build a life that actually means something to them. ❤️

👉 Source: @betterparenting_co