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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The really great truth that none of us really wants to admit is that we have very little influence on how our children turn out. It's some random mix of genes and peers, as long as we don't do too much to screw things up.  It's more luck than anything else. My DC happens to be an academic ace with a pick of the top 10 colleges.  Yes, I'm proud of him but I'd be proud of him if he wasn't as smart and accomplished too.  Love is not conditional.

But, I would be ashamed if he wasted his time trying to rank everything in the world and was too immature to understand how little those rankings matter. I wonder why the poster who thinks colleges outside the top 50 are "not worth the paper it's printed on." (I don't know any colleges that are printed on paper).  If she truly believed that statement, she should encourage her children to write that worldview/value statement in their college essays.  I'm sure Princeton will be really interested in a student who thinks that way.  [/quote]  This.  My DC 1 is an academic superstar also with a pick of top colleges.  My DC 2 is an average student most likely going to a tier 2 school.  They are both going to be just fine in life.  Different kids, different interests, different accomplishments.  Where you go to college does not define who you are, your level of happiness or your ability to be successful in life.  It does however, often contribute to the asshole factor, op.[/quote]

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