This is great stuff! Lots of folks have responded and clearly this hits a chord with so many of us! Our kids do not need to think they can jump on “easy street“ and get a free ride. As most of us know, a small fraction of kids playing recreational or high school sports, college even, become the elite professional athletes. Likewise, very few aspiring musicians and other performers become the highly paid of that group. There certainly can be value in aspiring to be “the best.“ Not only that, many of these “heroes“ do embody the ethical and moral characteristics associated with a true hero. But as we all know, too often these young “heroes“ don’t know what to do with their newfound stardom and make a blunder of it! Obviously, no individual can change what our society has set up overnight. But we can all make changes by seriously thinking about our own interactions with young people, especially by example. And also, think about where we spend our dollars$$$$$