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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely agree that folks need to quickly mourn what should have been for our juniors and seniors and then move on.  Otherwise it is a bad lesson you are teaching your child.  Instead, start focusing on what opportunities you can find or create in this adversity.  There’s no point in dwelling on what has happened and what you can’t change.  Focus on what you can affect.  As a PP mentioned, this will be an unprecedented time for kids to be accepted from the waitlist.  More domestic kids will have the opportunity for slots at our colleges.  This also is an unprecedented time where taking a gap year will not be looked upon with possible concern, but will be a much more common thing.  More opportunities for kids to better decide what they want for a career rather than guessing at 17.  For athletes, I’m sure the school teams as we speak are trying to figure out how to replace a typical recruiting season for upcoming freshman years or their teams will be short as older team members graduate, so that will ultimately resolve.

We are the adults in this and need to teach our children perspective.  I have a junior and am mourning what should have been as much as anyone.  But it’s time to move on and teach them life lessons in this.  This is a small chapter in their lifetime.[/quote]
+1.  Teens and young adults, like everyone else, have just been handed a bowl of lemons.  Time to figure out their own best, or least-worst, recipe for lemonade.[/quote]

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