Growing up as a child is one of the most challenging and beautiful thing in the world. You tend to get wiser, better, cunning, behave in the most stupidest ways. You agree and disagree with most things. Telling you to do something becomes something you hate more than anything else, you will want to behave the way you want.
That's when the zeal and attitude comes in. Is either you get cursed and abused by people around you or get praised for being a wonderful child. You will either be exposed to the health or hazards of the society.
It then gets to the stage where you have to make decisions for yourself, you then realise that life is not a bed of roses. If you were wiser you would aim higher but if not, you get destroyed by yourself, people and things around you.
Having a demanding parents or relunctant parents determine how far you go but been demanding and learning more determine where you would go. They said life is a thorn but I say life is a Bush I.e you either grow stronger by the wind and d hazards of the sun or you wither. It's like competing in school competitions or like trying to overcome a case that everyone thinks you can't win.
It's all up to you to decide.