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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean this both on here and IRL. My child is a senior in high school and there are kids and parents saying really mean things to their classmates about what college they're going to. I hope you realize that there are a number of reasons why someone may be going to a ''bad'' college: their parents have no college savings for them (regardless of the parents income), the parents are professors or staff at the college the kid is going to, the kid has a family tradition of going to that college, the kid has medical issues that require staying within a certain radius from home, the kid is majoring in something where the school matters very little (e.g. nursing or elementary education), the school had a very niche program the student is interested in, or maybe the student is just an okay student. And as for the last point, that does not make them a bad PERSON. Understand that not every child has a burning desire to make a gazillion bucks, either.

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For a confident child none of this needs to be explained, not sorry if you think that's mean.[/quote]

DP but this is a bad take.  If your kids are in school mocking their classmates' college prospects, the issue is not their classmates' lack of confidence.  It's your parenting.

That said, OP there's nothing wrong with telling your kid that some people, including his/her classmates, are @ssholes and encountering those types is going to happen for the rest of their life.[/quote]

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