130. The Cost of Pushing Our Kids with Komal Shah

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parents have dreams for their kids. Maybe it’s that the child earns that sports scholarship that the parent didn’t get. Or that the child gets into the big four-year college that the parent couldn’t afford. Or that the child excels on the stage that the parent was too afraid to get on.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s nothing wrong with dreaming of all our children can achieve, except if we’re pushing them into something that is</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">dream and not</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">their</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">dream or even wishes.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s a cost associated with pushing our kids, and usually that cost is our children’s self worth and self esteem. Too often it’s our own egos as parents that get in the way of our child’s success.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Success looks different for everyone, and we need to let go of our expectations for our children and do what’s best for them.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to this week’s podcast and hear more from our guest, Komal Shah, about what this looks like and what the cost is of pushing our kids to meet our own expectations.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">About Komal Shah:</span></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Komal Shah is an educational consultant and thought leader on a mission to transform the world through conscious education.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After Komal spent five years in the Teach For America program as a middle school educator, she was left wanting more. She wanted more for her kids, all kids. To pursue this dream, she attended USC Marshall School of Business where she received her MBA.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today she leverages her passion for education, business experti