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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP said it, raising average kids is 100x easier. If raising 4.0 perfect kids was easy everyone would have 4.0 perfect kids. Easier to make excuses and rationalize that "grades aren't everything."[/quote]

You put quotes around that as though it's untrue! I'd so much rather have an empathetic, kind, and well rounded child than some bot who is programmed to churn out 4.0's. My husband hardly cared about school and is a very high earner. His personality and ability to network got him where he is. My career was very much the same way. [/quote]

Ah yes, ambitious hard-working kids who strive for As are "bots" with "tiger parents."  :roll: [/quote]

You may be a tiger mom who strives. A's come very naturally for my kids - so we have lots of time to focus on athletics, travel, musical instruments, etc. if your kids need parental haranguing in order to achieve some measure of success we just have different families. We feel lucky to have self motivated kids. The op seems to credit herself with her younger child's "success" of getting into college. [/quote]

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