Why do great people have such poor relationships with their fathers?
In the fields of politics, academia, economics, and other areas where great people leave their mark, over 60% of them have extremely poor…
- In the fields of politics, academia, economics, and other areas where great people leave their mark, over 60% of them have extremely poor relationships with their fathers.
- Among the great figures in history that have left the deepest impression on me, there are hardly any with good relationships with their fathers.
- Isn’t this very strange?
- Could it be that a twisted father is more likely to shape a great person?
- Or perhaps if your child is well-behaved, they are more likely to be mediocre, and breaking off relations with you is more likely to change the world?
- I’m going to Singapore in a couple of days, and these days I’ve been reading books related to Singapore’s history. I learned that the relationship between the founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, and his father was also extremely poor. He publicly stated that he was unwilling to provide for his father, and only did so out of necessity, not from the heart.
- Another heavyweight in the political arena, Abraham Lincoln, also had an extremely poor relationship with his father. He didn’t even go to see his father before he died, and when he received the news, he refused to attend the funeral.