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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is this overachieving? They are achieving and yours is not. Teach your kid better values.[/quote]

How do you know her kids aren’t achieving?   Working hard for your B average is achieving. She said her kids don’t play sports.  Not a big deal at all, most kids don’t except the little kids whose moms bring them to play.

We only know about grades and sports.  There’s a whole lot more to life than sports and grades.

My generation of cousins and my children’s generation of cousins are pretty typical academically, Bs and As in all the electives. Our strengths are in the arts and sports.  My cousin had a D1 scholarship and played professionally.   My brother was a top high school athlete in football, lacrosse and hockey and was a D3 athlete.  My niece played varsity basketball with no club training.   Three professional dancers and two painters who are moderately successful.

People who claim grades and sports are the way to assess a person’s success don’t know what they’re talking about.   [/quote]

OP is so jealous and so defensive that I’m pretty sure she would have mentioned in her op if her kid had any strengths at all.[/quote]

DP, but disagree- some people only see sports and grades (usually related to only very specific subjects) as success. I have several friends who have more than average success and notable careers in various arts, and despite having excellent qualities of life now, their parents STILL perceive them as “failures”. In HS and for years after, they were told they’d never “be” anything. These are people who are maybe not A level celebs, but still make more than most UMC people, live in the greatest areas, have great work/life balance, and do what they love. [/quote]

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