I push my kids and have NO shame! You should too!!!

[Anonymous]

So absolutely absurd to not push kids to do advanced stuff. Especially since some average people are deciding the standards.

Push your kids to do well in school, on screener tests, and everywhere, becait will make them better at the end. They will learn about themselves the most.

Go for Algebra in 7th, even in 6th if you can.

LA should have better acceleration too.

[Anonymous]

Lol! I agree to an extent except I think algebra in 7th is the stupidest trend.

[Anonymous]

No thanks. DD took algebra in 7th because she wanted to and her teachers thought she should. I had nothing to do with it and I will never push her in anything except cleaning her room and brushing her teeth. I learned my lesson after I tried to push her in a sport she was really good at and then she absolutely refused to do it for a year. I ruined it for her.

All kids are different. But you do you!

[Anonymous]

I don't have to push my kids. My kid is going to Algebra in 7th because that's what smart people end up doing

[Anonymous]

So absolutely absurd to not push kids to do advanced stuff. Especially since some average people are deciding the standards.

Push your kids to do well in school, on screener tests, and everywhere, becait will make them better at the end. They will learn about themselves the most.

Go for Algebra in 7th, even in 6th if you can.

LA should have better acceleration too.

It would seem that you're pretty average yourself.

[Anonymous]

Okay.

[Anonymous]

You do you, friend.

In my experience, pushing backfires. My kids are friends with kids that are pushed so I’ve seen the underbelly. But hey, your kids. Parent them how you wish (absent abuse, which is a different matter and no one is talking about).

[Anonymous]

You shouldn’t prep your kid for cogat FFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do you, friend.

In my experience, pushing backfires. My kids are friends with kids that are pushed so I’ve seen the underbelly. But hey, your kids. Parent them how you wish (absent abuse, which is a different matter and no one is talking about).

Nah I know plenty of kids that were pushed and they are all at the top of everything they are going to great schools and they are ok. They are stressed but at this point the kids know themselves they want to succeed and stress is part of it. When my kids were younger I listened to people like you and really end up realizing if you don’t push kids do nothing. It is the very rare exception of kid who is intrinsically motivated without parental involvement.

But I do disagree with the OP on pushing math. Better to learn it well in the early grades and if that means going slower so be it. If you go to fast and learn it in crappy way in the early years it sets a kid up for a harder time later on.

[Anonymous]

Ok, what exactly do we mean by “pushing” and why should we do this?

I think it’s a troll post, but I’m kind of interested I hearing why the pushers are pushing and what their end goal is.

I get it, push 7th grade math to 6th or better yet 2nd or 3rd. Why not? More is always better. But seriously, what’s the end goal?

[Anonymous]

Op is an insecure nut job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do you, friend.

In my experience, pushing backfires. My kids are friends with kids that are pushed so I’ve seen the underbelly. But hey, your kids. Parent them how you wish (absent abuse, which is a different matter and no one is talking about).

Nah I know plenty of kids that were pushed and they are all at the top of everything they are going to great schools and they are ok. They are stressed but at this point the kids know themselves they want to succeed and stress is part of it. When my kids were younger I listened to people like you and really end up realizing if you don’t push kids do nothing. It is the very rare exception of kid who is intrinsically motivated without parental involvement.

But I do disagree with the OP on pushing math. Better to learn it well in the early grades and if that means going slower so be it. If you go to fast and learn it in crappy way in the early years it sets a kid up for a harder time later on.

My kid had a 4.0 last semester (unweighted) and I did nothing. I checked the grade book before finals to see where she stood. She also does a sport at a national level. I pay for it and cheer her on.

My other kid is in college. I pay the tuition bill and help her her back and forth. I also am a listening ear. She has a 3.95 in a STEM major and is a club officer, etc.

I guess my kids must be the rare exceptions. I struck gold twice or I took a different approach that also works and worked for my kids?

[Anonymous]

So they can grow up to compose poorly written posts on parenting websites telling other people what they “should” do?

[Anonymous]

When a parent does that in athletics and they beet your kid to an Ivy your head explodes.

[Anonymous]

OK, OP. Call me when your kids are in high school and college.