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[quote=Anonymous]A kid who's too anxious to function will not have the mental or psychological space to thrive academically until the anxiety is under control.  So don't foster anxiety!  Promote self-love, self-care, and a healthy, balanced life that includes sports, hobbies, and friends.  Your kid isn't a carbon copy of you - she's her own person, and she will do well when what matters to her receives your sympathetic ear and your enthusiastic support.  Maybe her best thing is academics.  But maybe it's an art form, or creative writing, or athletics.  You'll never know if you don't give her space for self-discovery and teach her resilience so that she still likes herself even when she makes mistakes or doesn't earn As.  You remember how good it felt to be excellent in school (at least you sound like that mattered to you).  Want the same thing for her - but want her to be excellent at what gives _her_ meaning, not you.  There will be a college out there that will give her an excellent education and launch her into a good job.  It doesn't have to be HYPSM or an elite SLAC. It will be fine.[/quote]

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