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[quote=Anonymous]OP here and thank you for the comments! Here is my response that is WAY too long.

1. I will not continue on the route of selling out; you are all right that I should instead say that trying to get good grades and a job doesn't mean you'll be a corporate cog. Or maybe I should just shut up about it.

2. I have definitely tried to explain the idea that this is about closing doors, but I really suck at persuading her.

3. I am amused that my stress about this is coming through. Yes, I am completely stressed out about the bad grades, to the point where my husband has taken over discipline for getting bad grades and homework supervision, which is sort of funny because usually I'm the chill one. So DH is the one having the conversations about grades, taking away the phone, saying no to friend hangouts, etc. I try keep my conversations with DD in the theoretical realm. Although now that I think about it, that's not true because I have my hidden agenda, and she must see through me.

4. DCUM is so good at sniffing out ADHD and anxiety in kids! Yes she has both of those issues, and she is taking meds for both and seeing a therapist, plus she got an IEP about a year ago which has been great. But she has never seemed to be anxious about a career, oddly. When people asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up she has always said things like, "The world is going to be so different when I grow up so there is no use in thinking about that now. *shrug*" That or artist. On the other hand, she got really anxious about the possibility of her brother dying and now about things like the Russia-Ukraine war. So I don't think her attitude toward grades and her future comes from a place of anxiety. I think it comes from a misunderstanding of the world.

5. I will never let her have instagram, tiktok, etc. She can do that when she's 18, when I can't stop her. Of course, who knows what she does with her friends' phones and what she watches on youtube on her school laptop, but she is definitely reading about automation, capitalism, the arts and crafts movement, etc in hardcover books and on wikipedia. Perhaps I can give her a book that can round out her understanding.

6. I think she is so cool and I am incredibly proud of her. I love how she is always busy doing interesting things, and we do have a good relationship. I'm just struggling with this issue. [/quote]

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