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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To each their own.

Perhaps I already prepped by giving my son a bit more time to get familiar with the instructions of the test.

But I don't go beyond that because it puts too much pressure on my DS. He's too young.

My beliefs are that I want my child to be self-motivated. I want him to work hard for himself, not to please his mom or dad. To me, that is non-negotiable and not a grey area. I've seen too many kids hate their parents in their teenage years and rebel or just simply burn out. I've seen kids behave perfectly throughout college and have mom issues in their 20's and 30's and not have successful relationships.

That means regardless of the score on NNAT, I tell him he did well as long as he did his best. If he doesn't get into AAP, as much as I want him to and think it's the best thing, I say "did you have a good day at school" and make sure that he enjoys his school life and learns every day. I'm active in his life and while I don't prep for the NNAT, I do make sure he does homework with care, have discussions on variety of things when I can and makes sure he learns and grows every day. While I care so very very very very much if he is on a path in life where he will have a variety of great choices in adulthood wrt profession, areas to live, etc. I will never spend a minute worrying about how if he got a 125 instead of 120, how that may change things.

That's how I mother. That's my style. It is with a great deal with conviction and purpose that I don't prep for NNAT.

[b]But perhaps I already did just by showing him some sample questions a few nights ago and making sure he understands the instructions.[/b]

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I'm not saying that is the same as spending an hour every day for six months doing practice questions, but that IS prepping and it is weird to write a big long "I don't prep with a great deal of conviction" post when you did prep, but only a little.  [/quote]

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