‘”It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong M A N stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the M A N who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
Emphasis mine. Not the CHILD who struggles; it is the MAN we should respect.
If this were a solo adult I would not be posting.
Come on, even TR would not have argued petty semantics like that, it’s the ageless spirit of the “doer of deeds” he’s talking about. Word meanings are a red herring. It’s pretty telling that old butt sitting critics got showed up by a 16 yr old with the spirit TR is talking about.
Sad to say, we parents have played a big part in neutering our own children.
You are not a fool, but a weasel.