What happens when the child you are raising becomes someone you never expected?
A boy enters his father's workshop, makes a dangerous mistake, and expects punishment. Instead, his father teaches him how to do the work properly.
Years later, that same lesson raises a much bigger question:
Should parents decide what their children become — or create the environment in which their abilities can emerge?
From a boy's curiosity in a workshop, to JJ Okocha's childhood football, to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's decision to leave medicine and pursue writing, this conversation explores the difficult line between guidance and control.
A child can be capable of succeeding at a life they do not actually want.
So where does guidance end and ownership begin?
**Watch to the end and tell us:**
Would you rather your child follow the path you believe is safest, or discover their own path through exposure, discipline and experience?
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