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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an elementary school principal (public) here in the DMV in an upper middle class community. I love my work.

There are homes with SAHMs and moms who work  outside the home. No, the parents are not okay. The level of anxiety is through the roof, and it’s passed along to their children. The emails I receive around class placement with a particular teacher or around making sure specific friends are placed with their child is ridiculous. Everything is managed to the nth degree.

I went to school in the 70s & 80s and graduated from a top 20 school. I cannot imagine my own parents engaging in this behavior for a second. [/quote]

Again, they are anxious because the stakes are so high. If their kids end up falling behind, because the job market is so cut throat and half the population is going to do worse than their parents, they don’t want to wonder if they could be done something more. Friendships are key to success at school for many kids, especially if your child is shy or anxious and could become school avoidant because they have no friends in class. I agree, making friends is a skill they should have, but now that kids don’t roam neighborhoods etc, all friendships are mostly engineered by parents through play dates and sports, so if you don’t also fiddle your kid will be the one left behind.

And these are Millenials parents, who already feel they got a raw deal, and they imagine their kids doing WORSE: American Nightmare[/quote]

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