So I suck at chess. This post isn’t really about chess. In fact it’s just a post about a reddit post about raising your kid on chess.
First things first, do parents generally put this much thought into this? Isn’t it just the dick fathers who win and the overly nice fathers who let their kid win? What’s really fascinating here is the dad who is so thoughtful. I can’t really imagine anything more idealistic, and I sort of have an impulse to prove that all logical approaches he can fathom are wrong–and it seems quite easy. I mean these people are talking about cultivating a love of chess in his kid, but how can they determine that she’ll like it if he does it such and such way? Maybe she’s a 5-year-old who honestly doesn’t give a shit why her move is stupid. And maybe boosting the kid’s confidence is good; and maybe she NEEDS that disillusionment when she finds out she never won shit. Maybe that revelation will be insignificant or maybe it’ll crush her, it just seems necessary.
I guess I mean that he shouldn’t be thoughtful about this. That I don’t believe this event can be significant in her life and even if it was his thoughtfulness can’t do anything to solve it. I’m not sure why I’m so against it… hm
