Yeah, I forgot to say that sometimes parents (quite understandably) don't want any sort of label like that precisely because of the effect of the label.
And yes! People's frustration! Did you see "How the Karate Kid Ruined the Modern World" at Cracked.com? (The tall one showed it to me.) It talked about "Effort Shock": Accomplishing worthwhile things isn't just a little harder than people think; it's 10 or 20 times harder.
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Date: 2010-05-11 03:41 am (UTC)And yes! People's frustration! Did you see "How the Karate Kid Ruined the Modern World" at Cracked.com? (The tall one showed it to me.) It talked about "Effort Shock": Accomplishing worthwhile things isn't just a little harder than people think; it's 10 or 20 times harder.