How involved are you in prep for AP exams?

[Anonymous]

I'm curious how parents are approaching this.

Scenario: Your kid has their first AP exam next week. Freshman. This kid has lofty goals for themselves and you want to enable them to achieve those goals.

How as a parent do you approach this? How, if at all, do you engage?

[Anonymous]

I bought a book with practice tests and helped them figure out a schedule to run through them. Don’t know what else there is to do.

[Anonymous]

We don’t do anything.

[Anonymous]

Hands off.

Land the helicopter, mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hands off.

Land the helicopter, mom[b].

I was waiting for this.

OP said nothing at all about what would or could be done.

One thing I am doing is telling my child they do not have to participate in some other activities that would otherwise be obligatory either from a family obligation perspective, or from an EC perspective, so that they can study.

Do I need to "land the helicopter"?

[Anonymous]

Nothing other than ask how it’s going.

[Anonymous]

I told my DD not to worry so much about everybody asking each other how many APs, which ones, etc. and be happy that she doesn't have a crazy, status seeking, overbearing mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hands off.

Land the helicopter, mom[b].

I was waiting for this.

OP said nothing at all about what would or could be done.

One thing I am doing is telling my child they do not have to participate in some other activities that would otherwise be obligatory either from a family obligation perspective, or from an EC perspective, so that they can study.

Do I need to "land the helicopter"?

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hands off.

Land the helicopter, mom[b].

I was waiting for this.

OP said nothing at all about what would or could be done.

One thing I am doing is telling my child they do not have to participate in some other activities that would otherwise be obligatory either from a family obligation perspective, or from an EC perspective, so that they can study.

Do I need to "land the helicopter"?

Yes

And calm the heck down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hands off.

Land the helicopter, mom[b].

I was waiting for this.

OP said nothing at all about what would or could be done.

One thing I am doing is telling my child they do not have to participate in some other activities that would otherwise be obligatory either from a family obligation perspective, or from an EC perspective, so that they can study.

Do I need to "land the helicopter"?

Yes

So I should tell my kid they need to attend the EC or family event rather than study?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing other than ask how it’s going.

Same for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing other than ask how it’s going.

What would you have done/said if they responded that it was not going well and they were extremely stressed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing other than ask how it’s going.

What would you have done/said if they responded that it was not going well and they were extremely stressed?

Troubleshoot, see if they needed help in content vs. a study schedule, reassure outcome nbd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing other than ask how it’s going.

What would you have done/said if they responded that it was not going well and they were extremely stressed?

Troubleshoot, see if they needed help in content vs. a study schedule, reassure outcome nbd.

And if they said "I'm just not getting it and I don't know if I have time to figure it all out?!"

[Anonymous]

Paid for the AP prep book off amazon he wanted.

Then left him alone in his room.