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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] OP I applaud your pointing this out.  The AAP centers and [b]some[/b] parents really can [b]unintentionally[/b] put a lot of pressure on the kids to be perfect and some of the kids pick this up as well.  Kids wanting to know what my DD got on her assignments and tests to see if they did better than her, she does really well but doesn't like to compete on grades.  Kids bragging to their parents that they got a better score than the smartest kid in the class on an assignment, I have seen this first hand.  There are generally enough of those kids who feel they need to compete to create some pressure.  Our DD is fine so far, but she tries to avoid those kids.  SOLs are the worst though, in 3rd grade our DD got really stressed because a group of kids were telling everyone that if you don't get passed advanced on all of your SOLs they kick you out of AAP.  The teacher had already sent an email with a list of practice sites and said she was sure the kids would all do well and not to get the kids stressed out for the SOLs and that the kids should do their best and no one should be upset if their kid doesn't get all pass advanced.  We actually contacted the teacher on this so she could stop the rumor.  [/quote]

[b]It was generous of you to use unintentionally, I see parents at our center [b]intentionally[/b] put pressure on their kids to be perfect.[/b]  I have seen one parent ask their kid if they did better then ??? this time.  ??? is a kid that the parent has questioned whether or not he is smart enough to be at the center.  ??? is terribly lazy (his Mom's words) but is scary smart (my DS's words).  My DS is certain he is one of the smartest people he has ever met, based on my very limited interaction with ???, he might be one of the smartest people I have ever met.  He asked questions on a field trip (4th grade) that the expert told me were more insightful than what he used to get from his college students when he was in academia.  I couldn't even follow the questions (it was science, I am in finance).[/quote]

+1 on the bold part[/quote]

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