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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a kid who has a mom who expects straight A's from me and honestly it doesn't really affect me like my mom flips out over an 89 even but It's not like I have anxiety from it or anything and part of the straight-A thing I feel like is based on your parents' backgrounds like my mom didn't have a lot growing up but she would study and work hard to get good grades so she could be a doctor and I obviously am more fortunate than she was so she just expects more from me.  In a way it helps me too because it makes me put in the work for getting a good grade and the grade is just a show of my effort that I put in. I honestly feel like the people who don't set expectations for their kids even if the expectation is they shouldn't get lower than a c are just setting their kids up for failure because life is filled with expectations, especially at your job, and if you don't meet the expectations at your job your boss is not just going to say oh it's ok you tried your hardest. Also if your kid comes home with an F are you just going to say you know you tried your hardest it's ok? Like I understand not wanting to pressurize your kid but you have to set an expectation sometime whether it be in 5th grade or 10th grade.[/quote]

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