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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oof. I don't know. My husband and I have Ivy League PhDs and our kids don't take music lessons before 4th grade because they're not interested (we've offered but don't force). They also don't take supplemental math, we try to teach them math and science they think is cool so they will have interest and motivation, but we're not focused in getting them multiple grade levels ahead so they can just be bored in school. They have limited ascreen time and spend a lot of time just free playing, reading, and building Legos.

I think your choices are to do your own thing and not care that everyone isn't like you; do your own thing and continue to judge others heavily; or move to a more Type A area. Take your pick! [/quote]

Really the problem as kids get older is you are who you hang out with. If you hang out with junk food eating slackers, your kid will eat junk food and fight achievement. [/quote]

I'm not sure about that. I went to a pretty average public school myself and didn't (was valedictorian). There are high achieving cohorts everywhere, and opportunities to connect through shared interests. There's also a huge difference between friends who are average in school and slackers who are going to influence your kid to skip, do drugs, etc.

I'm not sure what eating junk food has to do with achievement in school, but good luck keeping your kids from ever being exposed it. [/quote]

Maybe it’s a cultural thing. We had junk food growing up (immigrant parents) but it was more like let’s buy this bag of chips or tub of ice cream and then when it’s gone, we wait until the next treat. Or we would split a soda, but only on pizza night or when eating greasy food like burgers. It was not daily junk and candy. I can’t believe people still stock soda and lemonade and drink it daily at home. Why are 8 year olds drinking soda at 9am? Why are 8 year olds drinking soda regularly anyway?[/quote]

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