Don't Give Up On Wie!

Sometimes a child of the stage-parent syndrome (parents who live out their own dreams through their child) achieves the greatness her parents wanted. Sometimes, when the parents are overbearing, the child builds up resentment to being pushed, and ends up going in another direction. Perhaps Wie's decision to go to Stanford University, splitting her times between college and golf, was a way for her to stand up to her parents.

Then again, Wie may just have wilted under the pressure that has been put on her by her parents, by the millions of dollars of endorsements sponsors have heaped on her, by fellow players, and by the golf world in general. If you are living out somebody's dream, and not your own, the pressure you feel is even greater.

There comes a time in all people's lives when they must choose who they are and what they want out of life. So far, Wie's parents have chosen for her. Now she must choose. She may choose to be a college professor or to get married and have children. Or she may choose golf.

If she truly and finally chooses golf, watch out.