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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I went to top colleges and ivy grad schools. We now have a seven figure HHI and live in McLean. Many kids at our kids’ school have parents who attended ivy schools and/or were strong athletes. I have two kids in AAP and one kid currently in first grade. I expect youngest to also get into AAP. My kids are surrounded by high achieving kids and parents and my kids just know this as normal everyday life. [/quote]

Neither DH nor I attended top colleges. Our grad degrees checked boxes for our employers and that's it. We do not have a 7 figure HHI. All 3 of my kids are in AAP. So do I get bragging rights too?[/quote]

I am answering OP about living in a competitive UMC area. Dh and I are high achievers. My kids are high achievers. They have friends who are high achievers and have high achieving parents. You seem to care more about your lack of top college than I do. Maybe our kids play soccer or tennis together. I really wouldn’t care where you went to college.[/quote]

How is this an answer to the OP? You’re literally the example of the hyper- competitive parents w/ hyper-competitive children OP is asking how to parent their own children around. [/quote]

I actually just answered. I said I don’t put much pressure on my kids and encourage them to try their best. It isn’t like I tell them to seek out high achieving friends. They seem to naturally have friends who are smart and excel at a lot of things like themselves. [/quote]

We learn from failure, not from success.  Your kids have learned nothing in life.[/quote]

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