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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is there to come to terms with? I don’t get why anyone thinks their child will be extraordinary. They probably will be mucking their way through life in 20 years, getting on DCUM to complain about it just like you and everyone else here. [/quote]

Bless your heart.[/quote]
I mean you can do the patronizing bless your heart but PP is right.  Most of us are average. Most of people on this website are average to above average (if we look at DCUM’s narrow def of success that is).   This wacky idea that we all have to raise kids who are “special” and excel in everything is such BS.  Kids no longer get to just have fun in activities. Nah, they have to be good at it, be in the travel team, etc.  This is such an American thing btw.  Average elsewhere is a ok.  You are freaking stressing your kids out bc you don’t see them as their own people but extensions of yourselves.  Like a status symbol much like the zip code you live in or college you went to….At the end, none of it is important.  I’m sorry.  I’m a nurse and I’m overworked recently and I’ve been with parents who have lost their kids. Don’t take your kids for granted. Love the kids you have….[/quote]

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