Is a successful father sure to bring up a successful son?

I think the meaning is child maybe inherit his parents' good gene. But if he becomes a great or successful person in the future depends on many factors such as his circumstance, his education and so on. So a successful father or mother does not means a successful son. Good congenital is important, and hard working after birth is more important.

Not really. I dont think that if the parents are successful, their children should be as well. Evenrything depends on the environment the children grow up in. You may have met many people who are kids of rich (successful) people, but who have little or no charecter themselves. This could be because they have evrything or their parents expect too much of their kids, that they end up becoming the opposite. In most case its the money that makes things go wrong with the kids. Too much money being lavished on the kids can make them spoilt when they're young, and become absolutely useless people when they grow up. Its not wrong that money is everything, but once you leave your parents, you wont have money or the same lifestyle unless you yourself are successful. Growing up in a rich family can sometimes numb your senses to the reality of the world and its ways. But i feel this isnt always the case. I ahve met great people who had successful parents, and became successful themselves. Anyway, happy mylotting.

It all depends on how they are raised. Being great is not necessarily an automatic thing that'll happen. A lot of kids of so called great people don't get the attention they need from that magnificent parent to turn out that way. Some simply don't want to be like their parents and do everything in their power to take the opposite route. Some get spoiled and take everything for granted. The rest is a gene factor. Some offsprings simply don't inherit the genius gene;)

I can understand what you are saying but it seems that the majority of people that are successful become good role models for their children and then they end up being successful too. I guess that there are some parents that don't show their children enough attention in the house hold and the child might not want to even try to succeed. It might just depend on each family.