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Kid, you have to do these things now (in first grade, third grade, seventh grade), because they will look good on your college applications and help you get into competitive colleges with funding.

And then after that, what?
I don't know anybody in real life who is raising their children like that.[/quote]

ok.  We certainly move in different circles.  :lol: [/quote]

It's funny how people with slacker kids bend over backwards to tell you how happy their kids are. The suggestion, of course, is that smart super ambitious kids are miserable all day. Oh, and their kids have the best social skills too.  :roll: [/quote]

I think that there's a whole lot of room between "slacker kids" -- which means what, exactly, when you're talking about a five-year-old or ten-year-old? -- and the idea that a child should do things not as ends in themselves (for example, the child enjoys them, or the child acquires useful skills), but as means to the end of getting into college. Life is long, and success and happiness are not synonyms.[/quote]

Totally agree. God help you if you're sending the message to a 6-year old that she's a "slacker." And is it really all that helpful to set expectations that every activity has to have a payoff down the road? I know plenty of successful friends who make a ton of money at big law firms, live in great homes, with a fat 401k ...and they're 15 years from retirement and miserable. Yes - smart, rich, successful people can be extremely happy. But sometimes the "achievement" message leads to slogging through a career you hate because you think it's the right thing to do. [/quote]

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