I have a six year old grandson who's been dismissed from every school he's been enrolled in. And yesterday my daughter told me he'd now been kicked out of summer camp because of his behavior. She wasn't too happy.
And I can understand her angst about his inability to stay in one school for long, So I told her that research shows that 30% of multimillionaires and billionaires never got a college degree. Among them are Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Ralph Lauren, Steve Jobs, Sean Combs, Coco Chanel, Simon Cowell, and a long list of others.
Now I'm not saying it's okay for our youngsters to misbehave and get into minor scrapes that get them ejected from school. There are a lot of theories of why they behave this way but one I really agree with is that people who don't behave like so-called "normal" people are a different breed.
They are bored with what schools teach. They have a high tolerance for risk. They have a lot of creativity and imagination. They have a lot of energy.
And the ones who don't turn to alcohol and drugs as a way to deal with these aspects of their personalities might just channel these characteristics into a successful business, career, and do much better than their "well-behaved" contemporaries.
My grandson, for example, has an extremely high emotional quotient and makes friends everywhere he goes. And one of the top rated skills is the ability to communicate well with others. After all, when you communicate well with others they can help you succeed in life and channel your talents into success.
I know it can be stressful and challenging for my daughter to raise a child with his energy but chances are that someday she'll realize it was well worth the effort.
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