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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids’ friends are convinced there is no other way to succeed. They believe that it’s imperative to get into an Ivy or other top-ranked school in order to make money. They are so stressed and pressured about this. I am a successful professional and know many other successful professionals. Some of us went to Ivies, others didn’t. 
How can I explain to these teens that going to a college that is a good fit where they can thrive is much more important than going to an Ivy?[/quote]

I'd rather have my teens obsessed with the goal of getting into an Ivy than just being a average underachieving slacker kid. Have you seen the average teen? They're dumb as a brick, lazy, addicted to the phone and video games. They've literally never finished a book. Or the other large subset of teens obsessed with playing sports, which 99.9% of the time is just a pointless time sink.[/quote]

Aren't you a peach! I've never played a sport in my life and even I can see that being "obsessed" with a sport as a teen instills extremely important life skills like grit, leadership, self-discipline, time management, getting used to failure and criticism in a way that being obsessed with academics and getting into the best college just does not. [/quote]

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