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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest is a rising Senior and some of their classmates have started to post their (VERY) impressive commitments to elite colleges for athletics. I know it's only going to get worse over the next couple of months as the non-athletes start getting acceptances as well.

The smart and rational half of my brain wants to be happy for these kids and to just focus on helping my kid get into a school that is the right school for THEM - academically, socially, etc. - but it's fighting with the jealous, petty, competitive side of my brain.

I really don't want the bad half of my brain to be driving the train for the next six months. It will make our whole family miserable and probably give my kid a complex. I don't want to be coming to my husband with anxiety and worry about this, as he is a WONDERFUL and grounded human and the least tiger parent of them all.  Despite having gone to an Ivy for undergrad.

How do you all manage this?  [/quote]

It's a lot more fun to be proud of your friends than to be jealous, petty or competitive with them. My kid enjoys being on a couple of varsity sports, but won't get recruited. I'm glad he's learned to be genuinely happy for his friends and their accomplishments. He feels like they are good friends to him too.

Please stop yourself from being that toxic parent. There is so much to lose and so little to gain.[/quote]

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