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[quote=Anonymous]A genuine answer: a lot of us UMC type A people were pushed, and we thought it went badly so we aren't doing it to our kids. Either we burned out, or we burned relationships with our parents, or we simply got to a point where we didn't value the brass ring as much as we value time and health. There's a really obvious pattern (to the point of stereotype) of striver parents who do well and then let their kids be artists or take a gap year or whatever. It's exactly because of this. I don't know what the next cycle is - will my DD push her kids? Or let them bump along being moderately successful with moderate effort? I suspect it depends on what standard of living she foresees them being able to maintain. [/quote]
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