Individualism and Collectivism can coexist in my view. Again, I simply do not buy the premise that this is an either-or situation whereby I consider myself above society in all things; simply that in this narrow domain, I do believe I can do better with my child. Is that always the case? Of course not.

Naturally both pure individualism and pure collectivism carry their own risks and it’s an endless pursuit of perfection for a society to find the right balance between the two.