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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly. The fact that the OP can’t see that is concerning. [/quote]

People who have children with lower 
(< 3.70) Sidwell GPAs (or other private schools) keep commenting on this particular point. [b]Please just say you don’t know what it’s like to have a child who earned a 4.0 in middle school, and expected the same, or very close to it, in high school after putting in exponentially more work.[/b] If those children feel disappointed, their feelings are valid. No one has said their child was depressed or suicidal.

These children are entitled to feel however they want to feel. Worry about your own children and let others live. [/quote]

If this scenario (bolded) is true, then you have failed as a parent.

Of course, every "feeling" is valid to the feeling holder. However, good parents know that their role is to guide and teach their kids, and to help them become mature adults, and not wallow in their "feelings." Sometimes that includes popping their little bubble by telling them that their expectations are not realistic, and helping them accept that.[/quote]

Oh, honey. Who said they’re wallowing in their feelings?

I’m the poster who had the child with a 3.92. I am [u]not[/u] OP, nor am I the PP you responded to.

My child was actually a 4.0 student in MS as previous poster suggested they might be. They hoped to be able to maintain that and yes they have not been able to. The fact is, DC came close. It’s OK for them to be a little disappointed.

You sound like a freak who thinks they can control their child’s feelings. My high-achieving child is more balanced than you. They were disappointed, reflected on what they could have done differently and what was out of their control, then moved on. Unlike you who has created dramatic scenes of wallowing and despair because that’s how you want to imagine high achieving kids, ie somehow suffering and angstful. No, they’re off enjoying their summer and having a blast with friends before starting a super-fun internship in NY.

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+100. Those that get it, get it. [/quote]

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