Do parents help set up these non profits and businesses?

[Anonymous]

I have been reading about some of the non profits, charities and businesses these high school students supposedly founded and I can’t help but be wary that the parents had to have helped. I have a 14 year old who will be starting high school this fall. We have the resources to do this type of activities but it would be mostly Dh and me. Is this what we need for our kid to get into a good college?

My son is a strong student and athlete.

[Anonymous]

Of course they do!

Duh

[Anonymous]

For the most part, yes. Window dressing for apps. Hopefully the AO are on to this by now.

[Anonymous]

Yes but you are three years behind. We used it to get our kids into ivies.

[Anonymous]

Yep!

[Anonymous]

DS got this idea in college. He set it. Did all the legal things he needed to do ~ that was an education in itself. So, I guess worthwhile. We thought he had a good mission statement but the first we were hearing about any of it was after it was all created. Wondered how he was going to fund it. I think some rich friends of his probably gave him the wrong idea. We didn't have family wealth to throw at it. All in all, it gave him a small dose of entrepreneurship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes but you are three years behind. We used it to get our kids into ivies.

He is still in middle school. I feel confident he will have the grades and test scores but if I just left it to him, he would probably play 2-3 sports and not much else. I know that isn’t enough these days.

[Anonymous]

Yes in elementary school get wuth the times dear

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes in elementary school get wuth the times dear

Doh. So the pp above who said I was three years late was not kidding.

Ugh. I feel like I have to start these with my son this summer. I also have another kid in middle school and one in elementary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes in elementary school get wuth the times dear

Doh. So the pp above who said I was three years late was not kidding.

Ugh. I feel like I have to start these with my son this summer. I also have another kid in middle school and one in elementary.

They’re kidding. You’re fine.

[Anonymous]

I was just reading the Linkedin profiles of a few kids from area high schools who were accepted to Ivies this cycle and several set up national level projects in 8th grade.

My 8th grader is not capable of complex web design, canvasing hundreds if not thousands of people, etc. There is zero way kids think of this on their own and then execute things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes in elementary school get wuth the times dear

Doh. So the pp above who said I was three years late was not kidding.

Ugh. I feel like I have to start these with my son this summer. I also have another kid in middle school and one in elementary.

They’re kidding. You’re fine.

But the part about starting to set these up now is real, right?

I want to leave it up to my kids but they will likely be totally shut out. We have resources to help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just reading the Linkedin profiles of a few kids from area high schools who were accepted to Ivies this cycle and several set up national level projects in 8th grade.

My 8th grader is not capable of complex web design, canvasing hundreds if not thousands of people, etc. There is zero way kids think of this on their own and then execute things.

Exactly! My smart middle school kid goes to sports 5x per week. He is very athletic. He hangs out with his friends and watches YouTube. He loves to ski, fish and is an excellent golfer. None of his hobbies are really solid for a college app. It would have been 30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes in elementary school get wuth the times dear

Doh. So the pp above who said I was three years late was not kidding.

Ugh. I feel like I have to start these with my son this summer. I also have another kid in middle school and one in elementary.

They’re kidding. You’re fine.

But the part about starting to set these up now is real, right?

I want to leave it up to my kids but they will likely be totally shut out. We have resources to help.

No.

[Anonymous]

My kindergartener has a nonprofit with a pretty good online advertising team.