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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well ..... Your kids should be volunteering... Not to get into college ... But really, they need to be doing something for others.[/quote] I couldn't give two Sh-ts about whether my kids get into Ivies so long as they become happy, kind, and we'll rounded young adults. Amazing how parents put education above all else, even above the social well being of their child. To each their own I guess. I am confident that my kids will go to a good college of their choosing and they will find their path, not the path that I choose for them.[/quote] I'm a pediatric ICU nurse. One patient that I will never forget was a 16yo girl who attempted suicide because she could no longer deal with the pressure her parents were putting on her about school. She was at a top school in the area, very talented in science and math but she cracked under the pressure from school and home. Her parents had her on a course for Yale from the crib. We told her mom "she needs some things from home. Next time you go home could you please bring her some underwear, pajamas, hair brush and so forth". Her mom goes home and comes back in a couple of hours with her school work. No clothes, no underwear, just school work. Her mom started to berate her about getting behind in school because she was in the hospital. It was so bizarre. This girl would rather kill herself than disappoint her parents because as hard as she worked, she couldn't make the grades they expected her to make. [/quote] What did you all do for that family in terms of talking some sense into them or was it a lost cause? Also were they Asian? Not trying to be offensive as I am Asian and have known kids who are about to break.[/quote] Yes, they were Asian. There was absolutely no talking sense into the mom. The father was far too meek to stand up to her, he stated repeatedly that he and the kids were afraid of her. It became a CPS case, I don't know what happened long term but I think of her often.[/quote]
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