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[quote=Anonymous]Ambition can be a great attribute.  Your kid could do very well because of it.  I would not interfere unless your kid starts exhibiting mental health issues.

Gene Simmons's advice to young people for success was to work weekends for 7 years -- because it adds 2 extra years of time to earn and to get ahead.

It's certainly better to have an ambitious kid than one without motivation who can't seem to launch successfully.

Your kid's ruthless ambition also might not last forever.   I was like that when I was young -- a workhorse from childhood through all my schooling and the first 15 years or so of my career.

Then around age 40, I wound up in a couple of workplaces that were so toxic that I needed therapy to deal with it.  Also at the time my wife and I were raising young kids, so I had less energy and motivation to work long hours.

I realized something had to give, and found a new job that offered more work-life balance and let me take on more parenting duties so my wife could leave her own unsatisfying job and start her own business.

As relieved as I feel to have left my workhorse days behind, they helped build up the wealth and resume I needed to get (and appreciate) the job and lifestyle I have now.[/quote]

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