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[quote=Anonymous]In my case, a big part of it was socialization and expectations at home. I rode my DD hard. I expected her to excel and to put in the time. She is off at a T10 college. I was much more lax with her brother. He was always so dang cute and I always felt he was going to figure it out at some point. By 9th grade, I decided he hadn’t figured it out fast enough and started holding him to the same standards I had held his sister to. I didn’t let things slide and told him i expected straight A’s. He gave me the usual “I am trying my best, etc” and I told him “your best needs to be better. You are smart enough to get it done if you put in the work.” And to my surprise - he rose to meet the challenge. He is on track for a selective school and for a while there, that didn’t seem like his path. I still don’t know why I expected more from my DD than my DS. But if others are like me, maybe that could explain parts of it? [/quote]
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