How To Raise Children To Be Successful In Life

There is a great article in Business Insider on 24 things that parents of successful kids have in common:

• They tend to make their kids do chores.
• They tend to teach their kids social skills.
• They tend to have high expectations.
• They tend to have healthy relationships with each other.
• They’ve usually attained higher educational levels.
• They tend to teach their kids math early on.
• They tend to develop a relationship with their kids.
• They’re often less stressed.
• They tend to value effort over avoiding failure.
• The moms tend to work.
• They tend to have a higher socioeconomic status.
• They are more often “authoritative” than “authoritarian” or “permissive.”
• They tend to teach “grit.”
• They tend to apply behavioral control, not psychological control.
• They tend to understand the importance of good nutrition and eating habits.
• They tend to give their kids bias-proof names.
• When they do face conflict, they tend to fight fair in front of their kids.
• They tend to let their children fail.
• They usually don’t let their kids watch too much TV.
• They tend to let their kids make decisions.
• They tend to teach their kids self-control.
• They tend to pay attention to their children.
• The parents tend to take parental leave.
• They tend to read to their children.