Does academic success mean someone can already live independently?

Not necessarily. Doing well academically does not mean knowing how to care for yourself or organize daily life. Studying matters, but laundry, meals, and everyday tasks also require opportunities to learn and practice.

I once shared a news story about a child prodigy. According to the report, the mother wanted the child to spend all available time studying, so she took care of everything, including washing clothes, meals, and bathing. Later, when she could no longer remain constantly by the child's side, the child encountered difficulties in daily life and did not know how to handle many things. What concerned me in the story was that the child had continually been required to study without opportunities to learn how to live independently.

So when nurturing a child, consider whether, beyond schoolwork, they are gradually developing the ability to care for themselves. If they only study while family members handle everything else, they may accumulate much knowledge yet still struggle when they actually have to live on their own. Neither studying nor everyday life should be neglected. This is also what I mean when I often say that both excess and insufficiency are problematic.