Ted Dintersmith

Our son, from about grade three or four, just hated it.

And mostly he hated having kids

being told what to do.

You know, there was just something about this is what you have to do that he just didn't respond to.

And so he, you know, he spent a few weeks in college and just pulled the ripcord and, you know, sort of bootstrapped his way up to creating and directing music videos.

And, you know, he's done things for the Grammys, things for the college football.

I mean, like he's bootstrapped his way up, but he's done well.

Yeah, he's done fine.

But I think – and my advice to parents is this.

Kids will tell you what works for them.

Kids have their interest.

Understand that.

But I know with my son, if I had waged war and beat the bejesus out of him to get a slightly higher GPA –

our relationship would be broken.

He probably would have at best turned one B minus into a B or something.

And I think he would have gotten a drumbeat of somehow people didn't admire him.

You know, people didn't respect him.

So I say to parents, I mean, I think it's easy, right?

Do you care more about the decal on the back of your car or do you care more about helping your kid find their lane and supporting the heck out of them?

And most parents will tell me, of course, all I want is for my kid to be happy.