oregon101:
No one is saying that parents should not be involved in their kid's life. There's a difference between teaching a kid responsibility and hiring a $20,000 a year college counselor.
NJ_mother:
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We forbade internet access except for school (I know how to check where she's been and the computer is mine anyway) and enforced 11 pm bedtime for D#2. Doing this helped her hone her search skills, kept her off Facebook and chat stuff, got her to organize her life so she could do the ECs plus work 2 part-time jobs (required by DH and moi if she's to go to dream school she got into).
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Uhhh...? Realistically there are always going to be distractions in life. What better time than childhood, when there are fewer consequences, to find the right mixture of distractions and work?
Also, just curious, what does your daughter do for fun? Does she have any interesting hobbies?
Parents:
Was there a such thing as a "helicopter parent" when you all were growing up? It's going to be interesting to see how much damage this sort of parenting behavior will have on my generation once we enter the work force.