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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]crazy?  moron?  Gee, I just think you're a little uptight about all this stuff.  you don't need kiddie college.  Just be a good parent.

What are you looking for, some kind of special affirmation for doing the things that all good parents do?

Well, here you go:

"CHILL OUT!"

and

be a be a good parent.[/quote]

The PP is right - one can't say that parents aren't engaged enough to give their kids the help they need when they are younger but then tell parents who do that they need to "chill out" because they are hyper parenting. Which is it? Should parents work hard in the early years to make sure the achievement gap will be closed or should they "chill out" and just hope for the best? Isn't that problem? Isn't that what many parents did?

Those parents who chilled out are "good" parents - they love their kids, take care of them, don't abuse them, etc - but not having the skills and education to know what else to do to help them. That doesn't make someone not a "good" parent.  We should want to support parents like the PP who are doing all they can in the early years to make sure that the school  years go smoothly.

And PP is right, any race high SES parents all over this area are making sure their toddlers and preschoolers have accumulated enough classes and experiences to have a complete resume by Kindergarten. Having gone through the private school app process for K in this area, my child certainly needed a resume that included her "interests", her favorite past times, ways we spend time as a family, etc and writting down my kid sat at home watching kiddie tv for 4 years was not going to cut it.[/quote]

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