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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had to tell my daughter that she needed to go in another direction. There were tears. She wrote about the 3 big 'nope' topics- loss of a family member, depression/mental health, and overcoming a challenge to win the Big Sports Thing. I simply told her, 'this is a beautiful, heartfelt essay. We're going to keep a copy of it because you obviously poured a lot of energy into it, but we want you to write another essay and show both of them to your college counselor at school. Let them guide your process, but know that there are certain topics that you probably should steer clear of." She's almost done with an updated version, went in a new direction altogether which we think will be better received by AOs. I think the essays do matter, and it's up to us as parents to give our kids honest feedback, even if it causes stress and tears- there's a lot riding on this. [/quote]

This just makes me so upset.  A death in a family and a sporting event loss are major events for a teen.  We are telling them to write about something meaningful to them but then telling them that what is meaningful to them is “trite” and unacceptable.  I just really, really hate this.  No wonder kids are just using ChatGPT — we’re basically telling them  it’s all fake and manufactured anyway.  [/quote]

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