I also think the chapter that talks about the fact that it’s a good thing for teenagers to argue with you has some application. The notion that teenagers only argue with you if they respect you has a couple of implications in the workplace. In some instances, people don’t care about their jobs so they will just do what they are told. It’s when people care about their jobs and want to do well that they will engage in conversation with their managers and come up with creative ideas. It would be interesting to research what would happen to productivity or customer satisfaction in the disinterested workers . . .

Could the examples in this book be applied to over nurturing in the corporate world? There is a lot of emphasis placed on public recognition and praise these days.

-Bob