<If some mediocre level of worldly success is what you dream for your child, you may well be on the right track, as I wrote before. I would prefer my child to come as close to his full potential as possible, and of course I also want him to be happy.>

Again, I'm not sure what the reference to 'worldly success' is about (is 'eye of the tiger' related?). Making lots of money? Winning lots of awards? Not a priority here.

As I said to 'Passthepotatoes', I think our goals are similar: to help our kids use their potential, and to help them be happy. My son's perfectionism used to stand in the way of both; it no longer does.