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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no magic formula other than being caring and involved parents. [/quote]

I have many successful friends who did not have that.[/quote]

And many failure to launch young adults do have caring and involved parents. It’s just that their version of care and involvement frequently looks like (especially in this area) pushing your kid to Harvard and then McKinsey, which may lead to burn out, resentment, and identity diffusion. [/quote]

What? The people I know at went to Harvard and then McKinsey are married with kids and living in multi million dollar homes. Not living in their parents’ basement as adults.[/quote]

I am the therapist PP and a good chunk of my caseload are former employees at prestigious places like McKinsey or Meta (and people who went to elite colleges more generally) who had some sort of implosion in their 20s and are now going through young adulthood without a strong sense of self because their parents pushed them to careers ill-tempered with their personality. YMMV. [/quote]

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