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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a thing young adults are all doing now - analyzing their childhoods with a focus on all the ways their parents were not perfect.  They have no idea what it's like to try to raise children, and the choices we have to make.  It's our job to make sure they have what they need to be successful, and there is no instruction manual to follow to make that happen.  You did your best.  You can certainly try to tweak your parenting to avoid putting so much pressure on the younger siblings, but you should not feel awful.  Your kid went to an Ivy.  Some of the rest of us are feeling awful because our kids can barely get into a state school.  [/quote]

Yes, parents want their kids to be successful, do well in school, good grades, college ect. And hopefully become successful adults, but you don't have to steal their childhoods for that.[/quote]

Please provide a link to the instruction manual entitled "How to raise successful children without stealing their childhood," and also a link to the one that provides the precise criteria for "stealing their childhood" versus "parenting."  I would like to see that data.  [/quote]

Your response (which you clearly think is clever) is actually a perfect example of the type of rigid personality that leads to stealing your kids’ childhoods.[/quote]

That's because you didn't understand it.  I was pointing out that "stealing childhood" is a very subjective idea.  How is one supposed to know where that line is?  There is NO INSTRUCTION MANUAL.  Perhaps the problem is people like you, who think you know everything.[/quote]

No, I understood you just fine.  You have further proved my point with your “NO INSTRUCTION MANUAL” defense.[/quote]

Wow! I would really, really hate to be your kid.[/quote]

Really?  Why?[/quote]

Because you’re a monster [/quote]

Am I?  How do you mean?[/quote]

NP here. I would say because you are inflexible, argumentative, close-minded, and have a superiority complex.[/quote]

LOL .  Says the person demanding instruction manuals and “precise criteria” in order to raise her kids without making them miserable…[/quote]

No. Says me... the new poster. But if your takeaway from the "instruction manual" post is that they are demanding manuals and precise criteria in order to raise kids, then I cannot help you (or your kids).[/quote]

Great!  No one asked for your help, ya dingbat![/quote]

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