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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My God does every kid on the friggin’ planet have ADHD, executive function issues, anxiety issues, etc.?  Do you all intend to go to work with them every day after they graduate too?

We put four kids through college. I could not even guess what any of the GPAs were.  I never asked about their grades or their classes any more than they asked me how my job was going.

Cut the apron strings already![/quote]

So nice you have "perfect kids" without any neurodivergent issues.  Life definately is much easier if you don't have to navigate that.  For those of us that do navigate that as parents, we know our kids require a bit more intervention at key times to ensure they stay on track---notice I said intervention, that does not mean doing stuff for them, it simply means ensuring they get the help they need and guidance to be the best person they can be.

Yes, plenty of kids have ADHD/EF/Anxiety.  Those often all go together---don't know many ADHD kids without at least one or both of the others. Consider yourself lucky that none of your kids had this.

My ADHD kid struggled freshman year of college due to wanting to be premed. Went thru HS with a 3.5UW/26ACT/No APs.  By March they had given it their all and determined it was not the path for them, and had found a new major.  If I had not been an involved parent and there for them to bounce ideas off of and to provide encouragement they would have spiraled downward into a deep dark hole, possibly really tanked their GPA (more than they already did) and have their self esteem bottom out.  They would not have dropped the science courses they were failing---they would have tanked their gpa and killed their self esteem.  
Instead, I provided guidance while they did all the actual work themselves.  My kid Graduated college in 4 years with a 3.4+ gpa (took 3 summer courses during Covid to make up for the classes they had to drop/W) and after they found their correct major did not require much guidance after sophomore year.  They started their first job 2 weeks after graduation at a great company, company that pursued them,  and are excelling at that job2 years later, living life on their own still 2K miles from home.

Had I just dropped them at college and left them to sink or swim, they likely would have sunk and had mental health issues.  Instead I provided appropriate guidance (for my neurodivergent kid) so they could find their path and graduate from a T100 school.  [/quote]

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