"In the same way that parents want to help their children." Well, that's not at all comforting. Even with the best of intentions parents tend to screw up their children most of the time, in way they can't even foresee.,(reply>), It is this random process that create the human diversity in term of diversity of personnalities, interests and abilities. <br>And look into an encyclopedia how many people are not "screwed up" among the most creative people. <br>Scientific, artists, philosophers and even entrepeneurs are not always to most happy and "statistically normal" people.