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Gosh, it's hard to describe...I think I would say that they backed off but were never closed off? I know that I had to be the one who asked for help once I had so thoroughly wasted everything they gave me opportunity-wise. It was up to me to find colleges that were willing to take a bet on a kid with great SATs and lousy grades (like Ds and Cs and a couple Fs, truly awful), but after I rocked my first year at a lower-ranked state school I asked for help in figuring out the transfer process and my mom was there every step of the way. I ended up at a pretty decent school and no one cared about high school after that. I'm sure they were incredibly angry and hurt, but I never doubted that they loved me and believed that I could do better. How they wrote that love and faith on my bones I don't know, but I'm trying to do the same with my own kids.[/quote]

Thanks, PP! As a parent, it's very hard to know how to balance expectations and lessons about work ethic with the dreaded helicoptering![/quote]

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