How To Make Brilliant

Guardian UK: How to raise a brilliant child without screwing them up - Forget tiger mother techniques, the best way to make sure your children achieve their full potential is to nurture their interest gently, says psychologist Oliver James

For instance, one in three exceptional achievers in all fields that have been studied lost a parent before the age of 15 (compared with 18% before modern medicine). That applies equally to prime ministers, American presidents, British entrepreneurs and exceptional writers. These people are driven by the pain of loss and a terrifying loss of control to wrest their destiny from fate.