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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went through a similar experience with our daughter. We had hoped college would be a chance to break away from an unambitious friend group, but the friends ended up following her to the college town (they weren’t enrolled in school), and working at the Starbucks.

DD ended up failing out of college. After about 18 months of aimlessness, she’s now enrolled in an associate’s program at community college.[/quote]
This is my worst nightmare. These kinds of people are not good for society. Dragging others down with them. Disgusting.[/quote]

This is more about the child’s mindset than it is about the friends themselves. A low self-regard and lack of self-esteem are what propels someone to only associate with low class, low ambition people despite having higher level intellectual skills. For this type of person, associating with disciplined, goal-oriented peers is intimidating. Did the parent have a role in it? Yes they could have intervened in middle school and high school bc the behavior and psyche were probably already evident back then. it’s a failure in parenting. [/quote]

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