Two Conflicting Narratives

Two conflicting narratives rule our family.

On the one hand, we are raising our kids with a school system where the strategic narrative is to create “job-market-ready employees”:

• Don’t make a mistake, so you prove you know.
• Follow the rules, so you conform to the norm.
• There is only one possible answer.
• Work on your own so that you can compete.

On the other hand, we are also raising our kids in a home where the strategic narrative is to live as an “impact-driven individual”:

• Make mistakes so that you can learn and succeed fast.
• Break the rules, so you create the new norm.
• There is a multitude of possible answers.
• Seek help, so you collaborate.

I don’t know if I should worry about this.