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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s super manipulative of you OP. To want your kid to play on a storyline that for him/her isn’t so significant all for the purposes of gaming admissions. Be thankful that they regard their life as ‘normal’ and let them write whatever they want to write in their essay. [/quote]

Ignore this poster. Making sure your child's accomplishments are framed in the appropriate context is your job as a parent and smart, not manipulative. It IS more impressive to overcome, say, hemophilia and everything that goes along with it and still succeed than to succeed without those obstacles. I guarantee you that statistics would show that a lower percentage of kids with serious illnesses end up at top tier colleges for a multitude of reasons.

I had a teacher who wrote a letter (which I only saw after the fact) highlighting how my parents very acrimonious divorce was a factor in less good grades early on in a way that was true, I never considered mentioning (and probably wasn't full aware of at the time) and provided good context. My parents hated each other so much that if I forgot a book or assignment at one house, I could not access it until the next week... even if it would only have required a parent to email it to the other parent; a last minute class schedule swap (which my school did sometimes if there was a snow day or other unexpected event) was a disaster for me. It meant that the level of executive functioning required for me to succeed was much higher than for the average kid and I struggled with it in 8th and 9th grade. As I matured and got use to the set up, I was able to plan ahead, make multiple copies of things, finish assignments weeks before they were due, etc to avoid issues. All of this is nowhere near as a big of a deal than a serious illness, it's just to say that knowing the context can matter and can help.[/quote]

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