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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But be honest. Aren't many of you lamenting the loss of free time for exploration, family, chores, etc also the same ones who will be wringing your hands if your kids don't have the grades to get into Harvard or Williams?

Maybe you can't have it both ways. My kid isn't getting into Harvard or Williams. But he'll get into a second tier college and likely do very well for himself. And in the meantime, he has time to read, researching things that interest him, help out around the house, AND he gets a solid 9 hours of sleep a night. I honestly don't think Harvard could serve him better, but obviously YMMV.[/quote]

Honestly, no.   I'm an academic (and the poster who wrote about kids losing the opportunity to set their own academic agendas) and I recognize that there are so many places where a smart and highly motivated kid can get a great undergraduate education, that my smart and highly motivated kid has nothing to worry about.  Money's saved for college so that doesn't limit choices either.  And, depending on what DC wants to study, Harvard or Williams may not be the right place anyway.

Where does your kid go to school?  Or, to be more precise (and less intrusive!), did you find a good school with reasonable homework loads or is he like the kid described in an earlier post who sets his own limits re what he's willing to do and then stops when they're reached?

I think my mistake (made too early to solve without significant fallout in HS) was to look for the most challenging and interesting school I could find.  Part of what gave my husband and I time/motivation to explore was lack of challenge at school.  Private school also seems to push well-roundedness more than public, so I've also got a kid who works to lower her mile time, improve her drawing skills, write music, etc.  She's the product of a different culture.  Something's gained, but something's lost too.  I think it'll all work out in college when the workload is probably more manageable.  But I see no reason why HS should be structured in such a way that kids lose sleep over it.  [/quote]

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