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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This probably does get a kid into HPYSM, but it’s highly contrived, and thus, sad. It’s like the parent is applying to college.

We knew a case where a parent helped a kid do this and it was successful, but everyone who knew the kid and family knew this was the game plan since elementary school. The dad managed the kid’s life from 0-18 and probably is still at it. In the end, I’m not sure where this really gets a kid. I guess we’ll find out in 10-15 years.  [/quote]

I wonder too. I was not anything close to this but I was more involved in my high school kids' lives than I probably should have been. Certainly more than my own parents were in mine. If I had to do it over I would have tried to draw back entirely in about 10th grade. My kids are now in mid college and I can totally see a sort of "learned helplessness" come out from time-to-time. They're capable of doing very high level academic work and yet strangely sometimes not capable of making their own life plans or decisions. Some of this is age appropriate, some is typical of this generation but I sometimes think I could have held them at more of a distance and it would have served them well. Helicoptering isn't good in the long run.  [/quote]

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