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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s an article in the Atlantic right now about how the key to happiness at this stage is to expect less from your kids. I couldn’t read it since I didn’t have my login… but maybe someone can post. I go wildly back and forth between trying to be a tiger mom and being very laid back and laissez faire. Now my morning has agreed with me that she should have taken her ECs more seriously and not dropped them. Infuriating, but at least she admits now I was right.[/quote]

This is the approach I am taking with my husband for our kids (16 DS and 13 DS). My parents were more involved until high school when they divorced. My mom was overwhelmed and just let me run on auto-pilot for school. My grades actually slipped freshmen to sr year but I was able to get into college after a few years of CC and working. Looking back this is what I needed because I quickly go serious after realizing the value of college while working dead-end hourly wage jobs. My college grades were excellent.

So with my kids I don't want to pressurize them by micromanaging. Their generation is also more skeptical of college ROI.[/quote]

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