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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid will hear tomorrow. [b]I will post it nowhere if she's accepted. Why? Because her best friend is one of the kids who didn't get in early to their school of choice last week and I know that was hard on her, and I am sure there are other kids of my friends in the same boat,[/b] and it's unnecessary and obnoxious. And if my daughter doesn't get in, she'll still be happy for her friends, but it would be easier on her I'm sure if everyone and their mothers aren't screaming about their acceptances from the mountaintops. It's just insensitive and obnoxious. [b]How hard is it to wait a few months?[/b] In the meantime, tell your family and close friends. If you need more validation than that, you need to focus on what you personally would like to accomplish in life, because then it's clearly about your sense of inadequacy.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but this is just taking it too far in the other direction.
You daughter's friend will feel happy for your daughter, while still bummed she didn't get in. Likewise, your daughter will feel excited if she gets good news, while also still feeling bad for her friend. And because they are friends, regardless of what news they are getting they will support each other.

There is nothing wrong with posting news about where your child is going to college at the time you learn where your child is going to college. It is a significant life event. There is a shared understanding/expectation that a primary function of social media is to share life events.

If I post a few lines saying "So excited for Larla! She's going to ___." and maybe a picture of smiling kid wearing a shirt from the college, that's seems really appropriate.

If I change my banner to the school's logo, post a bunch of stats about the awesomeness of the school, and basically go on an on about my kid "winning" at college, then that's bad. But that's just bad social media. A person that does that probably always goes over the top.

I just think it's bizarre that you are literally suggesting "How hard is it to wait a few months?"
What happens when April rolls around, and there are still some kids who are not happy when the regular decisions come out? Kids will learn where they are going to college and where other kids are going to college. It's an ongoing process that is beginning now, and will run all the way through the spring. There will be high points and low points. There will be celebrations and there will be disappointments. It's an inevitable part of the process.[/quote]

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