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[quote=Anonymous]I know what you mean, OP. The older my kids get the more potentially disastrous things could be, and the more I realize I have little to do with how things turn out. The super organized kid is going to have an easier time with college apps, the social one with college friendships, the amazing test taker is going to skate frigging by on that. I used to think that every little parenting thing I did was so critical to how my kids would turn out, but I really think now that so little of what we do really matters. Love them, care for them, help them move toward independence in fits and starts and in whatever ways feel ok to you at the time, and they’ll be alright. They are who they’re going to be and we as parents are just along for the ride for a really short time! Comparatively such a short short time! Don’t beat yourself up. They’ll go to college wherever they’re going to go! And they’ll mostly be okay in the end. (I need to hear this all for myself too! But now that my kids are in their 20s it’s easier to believe it…)[/quote]

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