The Making of Excellence exists because most parents have been lied to.
They were told that if they are loving enough, supportive enough, and patient enough, everything will work out. That if they just “show up,” their kids will be fine. That is not true. Love without structure produces weak adults. Comfort without expectations produces anxiety and entitlement.
I wrote this book after watching too many capable children waste years because no one taught them how to stand on their own. No one...