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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know the answer, OP.  I was like your son--driven and able to achieve at a pretty high level with minimal supervision.  My parents did not push me, at all.  For a while, I wondered what "could have been" if they had pushed me more, as I encountered a lot of kids of high-pressure parents in college and law school who were much more accomplished than I was in certain ways.  But, I also saw a bunch of those kids whose parents pushed them break down or flame out over the years, and I could easily have been one of them.  At the end of the day, my parents were not really capable of pushing me: they don't have the disposition or the educational background themselves to know where to start.  So, it is what it is.

FWIW, I applied for and got my own scholarships for college, plus student loans.  I also managed to get a full-ride to law school, went to a big firm to pay down my undergrad loans, and have been more or less happy and successful as a lawyer ever since.  So, it's hard to really regret anything about my parents' approach.

Just make sure your kid knows that you love him unconditionally, and that will go a long way.[/quote]

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