When a child grows up he wants to live up to his parent's expectations. Sometimes when he fails to meet those expectations he gets discouraged and feels that he has let his parents down. As the child grows he feels that he needs to do the best he can. If he fails to meet the standard he has set, how could his parents be happy with him? Little children will do most things that their …showed first 75 words of 505 total…

…showed last 75 words of 505 total…maybe to set a new goal. I think goals need to be set, but should not be made unreachable. Goals should be kept simple and yet set high enough that one must work to reach it. When things seem to be out of hand, sit down and think it over. Although, there comes a time when the child must make his own goals, the parents should encourage him to set goals until that time comes.