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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what happens when you try to mold your kid into the one you want, rather than parent and love the kid you have. I feel so bad for your kid, who surely knows they have disappointed you.[/quote]

OP here, I just want to warn others.[/quote]

Then you should be posting in the Elementary forum because that’s where you blew it. You set a specific dream for your kid. Instead of setting the dream as your kid being healthy, happy and having as many opportunities as possible, you set a very small needle for your kid to thread through.

We did all the same things you did with the lessons and teams. Made sure she was challenged by picking rigorous classes. Did pubic school so that we could afford those experiences for our kid. When she was a junior and came back from a visit to Cornell on a school trip, she said she wanted to go there. It was only then that that I pulled out all the stops to support her in achieving that goal—SAT prep, paid for essay writing boot camp, etc.

It all worked out in terms of her achieving her goal. And it worked out for me because she’s healthy, happy and has so many opportunities before her. [/quote]

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