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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents can push all they want for Ivy. Its a scam. Both DH and I are entrepreneurs and that is a mindset that wins every time. It can even win without a degree.

My son is the ONLY child mowing lawns. He is 15 and next spring his first car will be a pickup to trailer his equipment. He has 1 kid he pays on his busiest days to help. Next spring he will drive his own truck. He has had to knock on doors, convince people to spend their money with a neighborhood kid, and deliver a consistent product. He has 14 regular customers for mowing at 40/wk each and then has been busy with leaves and mulching this fall. We're teaching him that the way to freedom and success in this country is to rely on yourself and not be an office drone.[/quote]

So you are pushing and pushing him to be an entrepreneur and think this is different and somehow better than pushing and pushing a child to do well academically.
Come again?
You are just as self righteous and smug as someone whose child is excelling at a sport or a class. And you are pushing them into your own interest, which is analogous to a football player father coaching his son into a football star.

And sorry to burst your bubble, but my neighborhood is filled to the brim with dog walkers, pet sitters, lawn mowing, babysitting and even an 8 year old who will pull weeds for $5/hour (he is adorable btw)[/quote]

I kind of felt the same way when I read about the landscaping wunderkind.  Pressure is pressure, whether it is for grades, athletics, or entreprenurial activity.  I think this parent's argument was that pressure for work that prepared you more for real life was better than academic pressure but am not sure.

Then I read some of the bios of the Rhodes scholars, most of whom seemed to have packed a lifetime of accomplishments into the last four years or so. They are really impressive.  But then I wonder if for every one of these that has survived the pressure with huge accolades how many tens or hundreds or thousands are there that had breakdowns, attempted suicides, or otherwise just burned out under the crush of the pressure.[/quote]

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