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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on your definition of crazy.  I think that sports parents can be more outwardly crazy, but academic parents can do more psychological damage to their children.  [/quote]

Agree.  Obnoxious sports crazy parents are very visibly crazy and hyped up over their kids' sports, talking about performances, games, etc. loudly.  Such a turnoff.  Academic crazy parents can also be like that.  The mother of one of my son's friends would pump me for information about my son's (and other kids') stats.  It was clear she was sussing out the competition.  All she talked about was what colleges her son was gunning for, and what he needed to do to get there.  When he did get into a very competitive SLAC, she sent out a mass email to everyone she knew, plus a FB post, giving detail after detail about this school and how very selective it was.  You know, just in case some hick out there hadn't heard of it.  THEN her son got off the waitlist at another, even more selective school, and the whole brag fest started again.  It was truly sickening.

Other times, the academic crazy parents are more stealthy.  You'd never know the pressure they put on their kids until you hear it from the kids themselves.  A friend of my daughter's has said repeatedly that her dad will "kill her" if she brings home anything less than an A.  It's pathetic and revolting.

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