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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Uneducated people don't know what they don't know. Often it's tough to not only ask for help, but to even know what to ask. [/b]If they've visited OP and are impressed with the lifestyle she earned it seems natural to explain how she and her husband "made it" and offer insights even when the parents are too thick to take it seriously. Not trying to help the family change would be like pulling up the ladder behind her.

If her family is laughing at her it just highlights the dimwitted environment those poor youth are steeping in. If nobody pushes back on the family the children are almost certainly doomed. Sometimes you have to crack some eggs to make an omelette.[/quote]
I posted this earlier.  My parents were uneducated immigrants. They could not help with HW; they never came to parent/teacher conference. They didn't know anything about SATs, or the college application process.   The things they did:  tell us to do our HW, get good grades, don't hang out with the bad crowd, model good behavior by working hard.  I a now a 2%er.

There are *many* American parents like my parents.  Many of my generation's (late 40's) parents didn't go to college, were uneducated, yet many of our generation did go to college.  It's not about what they don't know. It's about how much they are willing to "parent" to make sure their kids have a better life.[/quote]

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