ABSTRACT
This chapter describes few men and women who are living very fulfilling lives. Their experiences show what parents can do to launch their children into such lives. In spite of the parents' caution, Nicholas had internalized their profound apprehension which their best efforts couldn't conceal. The anxiety had broken through Nick's own defences leading him to feel pain and fear going to school for several days. Nick was most comfortable in the world of ideas; for athletics he had picked a non-contact sport, swimming. Tadana found her way to maturity in a family with religiously devout parents who had emigrated from South America and had little formal education. Thin, dark haired, with a patient demeanor, Tatiana works for the New York Public Interest Foundation reporting on how government policies affect consumers. Parental empathy was present in a very large measure in the families of the six children. It contains elements of calmness, thoughtfulness, attentiveness and warmth.
