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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Social Media and Parental Pressure to Excel at ridiculous levels

When I was a kid, if a kid was being bullied, it ended when you got off the school bus.  It was not 24/7.  Now it's 24/7 and EVERYONE at the MS/HS knows about it because of Social Media.

Just look at this group as well.  "my kid got a 1550, should I put them thru another 20+ hours of SAT test prep to get them to 1600?"  Smart kids are made to feel like they are not successful if they don't get into a T20 school---they spend all of HS striving for this, rather than enjoying learning and picking courses and ECs that interest them.  Life is curated for them since MS/HS---they don't get to pick which courses to take as Advanced.  Parents make them take 5-6 APs in one year---and unless they are a true genius, that means 5-6 hours of Homework daily for that, plus whatever ECs/Test prep/etc they are forced to do. 
  So even if they get into a good school, they may eventually break under this pressure as it is NOT healthy.

It doesn't have to be this way.

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Exactly. It is SO unhealthy to raise your child based upon the status of the college they will attend. It is NOT a path to happiness (nor is wealth people).

I am sickened by people with kids in (or barely out of) middle school asking how to position themselves now for HYPS.

LET your child grow into the person they were meant to be (with authentic causes or sports or career preferences). THEN find a school that you can afford that will open that door for them. That will nurture their final push towards becoming an adult.

DO NOT try to program them so that some admissions counsellor drools and thinks they are a good fit.

Please please honor the child you were entrusted with. Believe in them and help them understand that they are enough.[/quote]

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