Maybe neither are wrong, and as a society we also subject children to physically dangerous sports that can cause lifelong injuries. Both suck, and not being able to do something because of illness or hardship is painful to accept.
It’s also indicative of problems in the ways it’s acceptable to teach and raise children: their self worth as humans shouldn’t be predicated on how well they perform, they shouldn’t be subjected to intense pressure to achieve academically and/or athletically, and the illnesses/injuries they encountered as a result of these pressures should have been treated preventatively instead of reactively.
Maybe neither are wrong, and as a society we also subject children to physically dangerous sports that can cause lifelong injuries. Both suck, and not being able to do something because of illness or hardship is painful to accept.
It’s also indicative of problems in the ways it’s acceptable to teach and raise children: their self worth as humans shouldn’t be predicated on how well they perform, they shouldn’t be subjected to intense pressure to achieve academically and/or athletically, and the illnesses/injuries they encountered as a result of these pressures should have been treated preventatively instead of reactively.