Reply to Will your kid make a big deal about "revealing" their college choice?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Will your kid make a big deal about "revealing" their college choice?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid hates any fuss, so we won’t be doing a reveal. However, the college application  process is a long and arduous ordeal. Lots of kids don’t get into their top choices. I think having some fun and getting your kid excited about wherever they’re going is totally fine. I’m a little mystified about why so many people on here are so anti-celebration. Life is tough, let’s take the wins and celebrate them![/quote]

I'm not anti-celebration.  I'm against turning everything into Instagram-worthy fodder, because apparently your life only matters if it's documented on social media with sufficient production value.  It's so materialistic and performative.  [b]Have a nice dinner or call Grandma and Grandpa to tell them the exciting news! [/b] Buy a sweatshirt!  But it's like gender reveals, promposals, smash cakes, etc.  Everything is about generating the right photos to get likes.  It's gross.  [/quote]
You can’t possibly have high schoolers![/quote]

Sorry your kids aren't close to their grandparents.[/quote]
It has nothing to do with them not being close. 
It’s developmentally normal for high school kids to want to celebrate with their friends, not their grandparents. Again, it seems like you don’t have high schoolers. [/quote]

It is also developmentally normal to celebrate with your family and to recognize that grandparents literally live for this news.[/quote]
Sure. But that is for the grandparents. This is for the kid. Who should get to celebrate how they want. You can have both. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics