My parents refused to intervene. It remains one of their most enduring, precious gifts to me.

How strict parental non-intervention led to the good things in my life today.

I had occasion to be thinking recently about the amazing gift my parents gave me by refusing to intervene or get involved in my life as as a child. They obviously fed me, clothed me, took me to the doctor, followed up on my schoolwork, etc. But when it came to problems that I could/should solve on my own, they simply would not intervene. It turns out th…