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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love that everyone answering this thread is literally part of the problem. We, as parents, did this. We are not willing to change it either. God forbid there is an illusion that another kid or group of kids will get a leg up on your kid. Criticize the methods of other parents and the related behaviors without taking any accountability. Declare a handful of schools "worthy" and put down other kids and families who can't or don't want the "top" schools.

Take a look in the mirror, everyone! You're supporting this nonsense, voting for people who support this nonsense, pay obscene amounts of money for it all too.  What are you willing to do to stop it? Are you willing to tell your middle school kid that it's ridiculous to travel across the country to play sports? Are you willing to tell your kid that taking 12 APs is too much and you'd like them to get a job, do chores at home, and hang out with siblings instead? Are you willing to forego paid college essay consultants for a less eloquent essay?[/quote]

I am! I’m absolutely doing all of that. My teens are pretty happy, well-balanced individuals overall. But I am very aware that could change when they get to college.

Be careful assuming that it’s just the high-achieving, helicopter-parented, rat race kids who are unhappy, though. My kids go to a very economically diverse high school, and the kids on the other end of that spectrum are pretty miserable, too. It’s the phones. The culture.[/quote]

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