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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As I’ve gotten more senior in my career (former Biglaw), I’ve realized that all the striving leads to a dead end.  We have enough money now to sustain our relatively modest life. I ask myself whether I want my kids to follow a similar path.

In other words do they bust their butts to do well academically, work in a high-pressure, thankless job, and then get disillusioned with their lives thus far?  Or do they take the long view even from high school, and realized that a balanced life, well lived is better than a high-achieving burst that burns out after 15 years.

And I’m also Asian, second generation American with parents who grew up in a country with a national test for college.[/quote]

+1. My spouse could have written this exact comment. He is not from biglaw but worked really hard during his early career and feels burnt out and doesn’t want this path for our kids.[/quote]

Another Asian American here. DH is a surgeon who worked extremely hard to get where he is. We are a very Americanized family and value health and happiness over all. I still expect my kids to get good grades and try their best. [/quote]

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