When I was expecting my first child, a good friend shared with me some advice about children. According to him, children fall on a spectrum of needs with the poles illustrated by an Orchid and a Dandelion: Orchids are delicate and require deliberate care and specific conditions to grow, but once their desired environment is found, they grow into exceptionally beautiful flowers. Conversely, Dandelions, while beautiful in their own right, are weeds: less discerning in their con