i know i have no children yet and all

but i have a long and somewhat arduous experience of being a son, so i guess that qualifies me to say what i'm gonna say. parents usually say that they only want the best for their children, but most of times that's nothing but hypocritical bullshit - forgive me the rough way i'm putting it. the best for their children is to learn at their own expenses, and especially to make mistakes, many mistakes. what parents want for their children is not what's best for them, it's rather what they think it's best for them. and there is a huge difference there.