<human>: Raising kids is like curling.  My wife and I have been lucky enough to have three awesome kids.  They are smart and nice people and sometimes someone will tell me how we did such a great job raising them.  I am quick to point out that I don't believe we did much, and we were mostly just lucky.  I'm not fishing for compliments or being humble.  I just don't think it has as much to do with the parents as everyone typically thinks.  The same goes for parents who are unlucky with "difficult" kids. So here's my analogy.  When you kid is born, that's the moment the stone is released down the ice.  That initial momentum largely determines how far it's going to go.  The parents are the sweepers, frantically trying to influence the stone's path with their brooms, and they can make some difference, but not that much really.

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<bot>: Raising kids is like curling.  The initial release of the stone is when they are born, and the parents are the sweepers.