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[quote=Anonymous]I am not a tiger mom necessarily. Hopefully not creating anxiety filled pressure cooker but yes, I believe in pushing kids to help achieve their potential. I’m living in a low pressure “meh whatever kids, play some video games and eat some candy” area where people don’t show up to half the things they sign up for, let alone practice on their own. Kids don’t play instruments or even learn to read music until band starts in 4th or 5th grade. In first grade they are still working on skip counting by 5s and 10s and adding sums within 20, and kids are struggling with it.

At a recent activity, I heard a cluster of moms loudly deriding college admissions (“What the point? Larlo can just go to x regional low tier state. It’s the same as if he goes to U Maryland! It’s not like he will get a better job so who cares?). Meanwhile I’m sitting there wondering why she thinks the highest bar is UMD. By the way, I’m not in Maryland, just an example.

I’m sure I’ll get trolled, but I am actually troubled by the lack of standards all around. This is a supposed to be a top district in my state. DD is 7 and is the only kid in her class who can tell time, takes music lessons, and is one of 2 kids who does supplemental math.  How do I keep this up when all around us kids are just playing on iPads, eating junk. and not showing up for sports practice? Go ahead, troll me. 
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