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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I liked this article (even though I'm not a conservative like David Brooks). He makes several insightful points.

In addition, this paragraph should resonate with DCUM community:

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Family life changed as parents tried to produce the sort of children who could get into selective colleges. Over time, America developed two entirely different approaches to parenting. Working-class parents still practice what the sociologist Annette Lareau, in her book Unequal Childhoods, called “natural growth” parenting. They let kids be kids, allowing them to wander and explore. College-educated parents, in contrast, practice “concerted cultivation,” ferrying their kids from one supervised skill-building, résumé-enhancing activity to another. It turns out that if you put parents in a highly competitive status race, they will go completely bonkers trying to hone their kids into little avatars of success.[/quote]

eh, kids at Ivies today were parented during covid. Get real, David Brooks. [/quote]

not true, they've been cultivated towards a competitive status race of activities and talents since kindergarten. some parents are still helping them behind the scenes post-college at their first jobs. it's wild. we've raised a generation of specialized robots who need a mom or dad "concierge" to help them get through all stages of life. they are cultivated to be productive crops, but not independent.[/quote]

Ummm. Nope. Try again.  My kid is at Ivy unhooked and we were more concerned about getting more recess while the tiger moms fought over the limited GT spots.  We didn’t cultivate anything- other than having books in the house, limiting screen time, no phone until 8th grade and getting outdoor exercise every day. Played sports (not recruited)- but for being part of a team. My kids failed at things. We let them.  [/quote]

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