Eminent orphans

Petrichor wrote:http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/10/15/234737083/successful-children-who-lost-a-parent-why-are-there-so-many-of-them?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Petrichor wrote:http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/10/15/234737083/successful-children-who-lost-a-parent-why-are-there-so-many-of-them?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

Moral: If your kid(s) dont do well, then it is all YOUR fault for not dying.

garam_kuta wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Petrichor wrote:http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/10/15/234737083/successful-children-who-lost-a-parent-why-are-there-so-many-of-them?utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprfacebook&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=facebook

Moral: If your kid(s) dont do well, then it is all YOUR fault for not dying.

why should one care once you are expired

Rishi wrote:>>> Malcolm Gladwell somehow comes up with weird correlations like this and is able to make a ton of money writing books and articles by including anecdotes supporting his 'thesis'.

What next?

People who have cats for pets are more introverted than dog owners?

One reason could be that people who have dogs take them out for walks every day and get to meet and socialize with other people doing the same. They are naturally inclined to be extroverts.

But cat owners cannot walk their cats. So they sit at home and watch TV or read a book.

garam_kuta wrote:the sample set- is it culturally diverse or skewed ?

Seva Lamberdar wrote:Three of my four grandparents, paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather and grandmother, became orphans at early age and were brought up by distant relatives. They did well.

garam_kuta wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:Three of my four grandparents, paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather and grandmother, became orphans at early age and were brought up by distant relatives. They did well.

i think gladwell talks about doing eminently well...i can't imagine this being universal ... these're most likely to be outliers.. vis-a-vis deliberate practice & 10K hours is most likely to generate greatness and success; for that, one need not be orphaned, i should think

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

garam_kuta wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:Three of my four grandparents, paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather and grandmother, became orphans at early age and were brought up by distant relatives. They did well.

i think gladwell talks about doing eminently well...i can't imagine this being universal ... these're most likely to be outliers.. vis-a-vis deliberate practice & 10K hours is most likely to generate greatness and success; for that, one need not be orphaned, i should think

I would say my grandparents did "eminently" well, without any schooling or help from Govt. (e.g. affirmative action or caste quotas).

Petrichor wrote:Wonder if "absent" parents = "dead" parents!