Want to Raise a Doctor or Lawyer? Don’t.

Want to Raise a Doctor or Lawyer? Don’t.

"Doctors and lawyers have long been synonymous with “success” in America...

So it might surprise you to know that as an attorney married to a physician, my husband and I do not direct our children to these professions.

• When professions are ranked by rate of substance abuse, doctors and lawyers are on top. 
• Lawyers are almost four times more likely to suffer depression than the general public, 
• and physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession, more than twice that of the general public...

In our professional experience, my husband and I have observed two qualities that, without fail, make a person successful: emotional intelligence and attitude. 

These are what we attempt to foster in our children...