http://www.resonant.org/20050417-your-kids-should-surpass-you Comments for "Your kids should surpass you..." en http://www.resonant.org/20050417-your-kids-should-surpass-you <p>One last link before bed: a 15-year-old girl named Alicia Hempleman-Adams has just <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;cid=857&amp;ncid=757&amp;e=10&amp;u=/nm/20050415/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_arctic">set a record</a> (at least, that seems to be implied) crossing an arctic island, beating her father's time.</p> <p> <div class="bb-quote"><b>Quoting her father:</b><br /> <blockquote class="bb-quote-body">"It's a double-edged sword. I'm immensely proud of what she has achieved, but a bit miffed she has beaten my time."</p></blockquote> </div> </p> <p>I can perhaps have some sympathy for the pain of having one of your top accomplishments topped by someone not even fully grown, but I would think that having it be your own daughter (and presumably your student) would take any possible sting out of no longer being the record holder. Should I ever have kids, I can only hope that they would develop similarly spectacular skills.</p> <p><a href="http://www.resonant.org/20050417-your-kids-should-surpass-you">read more</a></p> http://www.resonant.org/20050417-your-kids-should-surpass-you#comments Happy Tired Human Spirit Sun, 17 Apr 2005 03:42:31 -0400 Zed 652 at http://www.resonant.org