Parents often feel the weight of responsibility to ensure their children succeed in life. There is a strong desire to provide every opportunity, every advantage, and to help them avoid the mistakes made during one’s own upbringing. However, the harder parents try to shape their children’s futures, the more they risk holding them back. Micromanaging schoolwork, enrolling children in countless extracurricular activities, and staying deeply involved in every aspect of their lives can seem like the best way to ensure success. It feels like the right thing to do. After all, isn’t that what good parenting looks like? The reality…