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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where your kid goes to college isn't as important to their long-term character, happiness and life goals as being in a healthy environment from K-8 or K-12.

If you provide that, you win! No need to chase college as some kind of affirmation badge. Studies show where you went to school (intellectual and socio-emotional growth and peer influence) between K-8 and K-12 matter much more to the foundation of the person your kid will become.

College is just a short 4 year pit stop. The 9-14 years between K-8 or K-12 are much more important in terms of quality of school and peer group.

I have 4 kids aged between 16 - 2. And lots of close friends with kids between 14 - 35. My mother and sister in law are both child psychologists too.[/quote]

Actually the data show that the single most important thing is simply genetics. School doesn’t matter much. After genetics, it’s random error and fates of chance. Look at all the twin studies. Read Plomin’s work. 1000s of studies show that how kids are doing at age 25 or 45 is mostly due to genetic (did you inherit genes for smarts, self control, health, etc) and the random vicissitudes of life. School (and parenting) has little to no effect. [/quote]

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