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commencement address, do the right thing, staying balanced, teen social and emotional development
With graduation season, year-end sports banquets, award assemblies approaching, here is a re-run of David McCullough’s remarkable commencement speech. Whenever I ask parents what they hope for their children, their inevitable reply is, “I just want them to be happy.” Yet, as I have so often noted in this blog, happiness eludes folks who mostly seek their own joy. Mr. McCullough has a book about and some thoughts on why it’s best if we help our kids see NOT how special they are but how who they are can contribute to their world.
Kathleen Fischer 
Thanks for sharing this. I’ve used the line about 1 in a million = 7000 people. Another one you might like in this vein is Michael Lewis talking to Princeton grads in 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiQ_T5C3hIM
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