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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thank you for the helpful comments.  We are in Fairfax.  I really want to just relax and not worry about this school year, but the school puts so much pressure on us - but unfortunately he goes to middle school next year and has to qualify for advanced classes this year.  If he doesn't then for some of those classes there will not be another chance, and that will affect him all the way through high school and ultimately limit his choice of colleges.  This is a big source of stress for him because he is aware that he needs to do well in order to stay in the AAP program he has been in.  [/quote]

No it won’t!  Trust me it won’t!  It feels that way but it’s not true.  Worry about his mental health.

There was a random thread years ago of adults who were over achievers and I would say half were not doing well and were not happy adults

I had parents who believed this stuff (in FCPS) too. I don’t speak to my mother all now.  Ran away from home, self abuse.  It was bad.. So so so much therapy to deal.  It’s a mixed bag - fiends raised like me who were sucesssful and friends not raised like me who are successful

Happiness - start there

Get an online therapist too[/quote]

I agree with you.  My husband and I are both overachievers from overachieving families.  I'm OP and I have suggested to my husband that maybe we need to just let it go, but he isn't convinced and I'm not sure we can convince our son even if we can convince ourselves.  Online therapist is in the works, though.  At this point we probably all need therapy:([/quote]

I’m glad you are getting help.  My life would be so different if my parents listened to their friends and got help.

My brother finally realized the type A school his daughter was in was killing her after her first and thankfully last suicide attempt at age 14.  His wife was not going to cover it up and send her back to the fancy private that makes him feel successful.  Daughter is a million times happier, got her soul back and is a thriving adult.  She also ended up at a very competitive college too[/quote]

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