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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coming up with a Master Plan when the child is in Middle School, and basing all of their choices (for camps, activities, etc) on that...is not being a good parent to me. It is painting that kid into a corner (assigning them to a box, which you have labeled success) when you should all be exploring who they are. By having a breadth of experiences, and pursuing what appeals to them AS  THEY  GROW  into who they are meant to be...they will achieve happiness and fulfillment. NOT by hiring consultants who can rig some artificial childhood that looks good to admissions committees five years later. That is not a healthy, natural  childhood. [/quote]

Agree!  I have a high school junior.  She wants completely different things now than she did in 8th grade -- and that's ok.  We've given her opportunities but had to be ok with her doing things and then deciding that's not the right thing.  It's all part of the process.  To admissions officers, she may look like a kid who doesn't;t know what she wants because her experiences are kind of all over the place, but I'm ok with that and I think she can explain it.[/quote]

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