re: If your kids don't succeed in life, are you a failure?

I think the word "success" is fluid in this hypothetical.

For example. If I'm a politician and very well off, and my kid is a total frick up, he may still land a half way decent living but, from my perspective, he is NOT a "success" and therefore, I failed.

But, if I'm a laborer who barely scrapes by and my kid grows up to have a job right next to that frick up politician's kid, I'm going to call that a "success".

Please don't get wrapped up in the illustrations here. Point being, "success" is relative.