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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This show along with a number of books such a Judith Warner's Perfect Madness and the more recent All Joy, No Fun by Jennifer Senior seem consciously or not to be pushing against parents being so vested in our children's future.  I have thought  lot about this as I am dealing with my kid failing Algebra.  At one level I want her to own the changes, turn in the homework dammit, study, put the ipod down.  But as I push and push I realize she does not own the outcome.  I do think our children will have to figure out how to redefine the parenting relationship, if only to have a way of rebelling against us. [/quote]

I took away the opposite message, the parents did too little to late for their kids to keep up in a competitive environment. When Idris' father finally realized he needed academic help (after being offended when he was offered free tutoring the year before after school) he made a chart and realized his son was spending a lot of time playing playstation. Only then did he organize his schedule. If they realized Idris had trouble being organized why didn't they make sure all of his work was printed and put in his backpack the night before. If he was struggling getting C's perhaps they shouldn't have let him play Varsity basketball as a ninth grader. He might have had more time and earlier games playing JV.[/quote]

His parents went to elite colleges. How were they able to do it if they didn't go to a school like Dalton? I am thinking maybe it is like the immigrants who bust their ass working and becoming successful. Then the later generations who have assimilated and are comfortable don't work as hard as their parents did. The self motivated hunger and drive is gone.[/quote]

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