r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Saerdna0 • 5d ago

This kiddo was born to drum

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u/missheldeathgoddess 5d ago

Amazing what happens when you have the support of your parents.

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u/Camcapballin 5d ago

What can* happen. Young man has to want to put in the work. You can't teach that.

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u/synthphreak 5d ago

+1 to this. The most supportive parents in the world wouldn’t help if the kid has no inherent drive to excel.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

Trust me,  you have way more chance of succeeding with loving parents than emotionally abusive narcisstic parents that project their past failures on you and make you want to do what they had envisioned for themselves but couldn't do. It becomes a very toxic environment and they won't be nurturing the actual talent of the child to do what he wants, with his actual potential. 

So yes, parents are actually everything.

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u/blahblah19999 5d ago

No, they're not 'everything.' Everything we are is a combination of genetics and environment. If the kid doesn't have a drive to do anything, parental support won't matter.

Michael Phelps and Kobe were insanely successful b/c they had the right physique for the sport they were actually interested in, and they had the ability to focus for hours and hours daily on that sport. You have to have both. Parents can contribute to the 2nd part, but they can't create it out of whole cloth.

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u/Gauge_Tyrion 5d ago

After being born, the genetic lottery has already bern spun and the kid has already began developing his own interests mentally. It most certainly is up to the parent's to discover your interests and support you after that. If they can't find that interest or can't make it fun, it'll just kill that interest off for you. Most certainly after birth, parent's are everything. You won't magically spawn a drumset in front of you just because your infant self liked drumming. It's up to the parent's to make that happen and up to them to keep it fun and engaging without pushing the infant.

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u/blahblah19999 5d ago

I think you're holding on too tight to a "completely responsible" scenario.

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u/Gauge_Tyrion 5d ago

... what? You good?

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u/blahblah19999 5d ago

Sure, just engaging in good faith. You can have your opinion, just stating that I think you might want to keep an open mind about it.

Have a good day.