Kids need to take small risks and make damn fools of themselves. American parents today also overly pressure children to intellectually excel, Kelly added. A belief that a good day care is a prerequisite for entry into an Ivy League college is only a half-joke for some. Parents think all that's important are the ABCs, not how fast their children can run, how far they can jump and how high they can swing. Reading and writing is relatively new in our society, but the pyramids got built.
Children ought to be able to do good, honest work.
Kids should be earning money outside the home. This is where self-esteem comes in. Proving herself, she quickly moved over to the society desk and also started a temporary weekly column for and about teenagers. The column took off and so did Kelly's career. By age 19, Kelly became a full-fledged reporter covering murders for the police beat and, later assistant women's editor.