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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s very difficult to take your post seriously. [/quote]

It's ok. You don't have to. I got the feedback I wanted, which gives me some things to google and some things to think about. When it comes down to it, it would be hard to do anything other than just let him makes his choices, but at least now I have a slightly better sense of what I should be thinking about and there may be opportunities for me to nudge him in one direction or another.[/quote]

Is this your oldest kid?  I wanted to step in with the perspective of three kids college age and post college.

Your kid is 14.  Let him follow his dreams.  He has chosen this for himself and is invested in it out of an organic passion.  Don't "push it over a cliff" by shifting the emphasis to college admissions.  It is not your job to steer your 14 year old towards MIT.  If he's as smart as you say and this becomes his goal, he will figure this out.  Parents take so much of the joy away from their kids when they try and harness hobbies and interests and passions and make it about putting together a perfect college application.  This board will say otherwise, but I believe you are doing your thriving child a disservice by getting involved at this point.

Also, you have no idea what he will become interested in in the next few years.  Let him choose and follow his passions and he might end up in an even more interesting place than you could have imagined for him.  [/quote]

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