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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing.

My sons got all As. They played a sport. We told them to join at least one club they were interested in. I didn’t have to check up on them.

I was lucky because both my kids always were motivated to do school work, get good grades. I didn’t start thinking about it she certainly never stressed my kid out about it. We didn’t even really start thinking seriously until January of Junior year —just in a where do you think you’d like to go.

I wanted them to not have pressure or stress. It was just do well in classes, if you need help go to your teacher or ask us. Lots of learning to advocate for themselves and learn independence, that was the main goal.  Step back.

Firstborn did very well with acceptances, didn’t even ED or SCEA and is at an Ivy and very, very happy.

I know this is not usual for boys.  They also had no disorders or disabilities, etc. I think their peer group and the HS had a lot to do with it. Who you  surround yourself with is the most predicative of how you will end up.  Look at your 5 closest friends, etc. I was lucky they have great kids as friends.  In MS, the younger one had a group I wasn’t crazy about- but those fell off as he went to private HS and no longer saw them.[/quote]

Did you come just to gloat?[/quote]

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