<p>Thanks for your responses and good to hear from you both!</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter, HiToWaMom - and also on your first post!
Proudpatriot - your son does sound like he will be busy, and quite accomplished!</p>
<p>As for my son (class of 2017) - he will be taking all honors (except where not offered), though no AP classes. They are not offered in 9th grade at our high school as far as I am aware! EC-wise, he will probably do something math/science oriented and maybe sailing? He will be sailing this spring but not completely sure what he will do next year. I think though similar to HiToWaMom, I trust my son to figure out a schedule that is challenging, interesting and works for him. Summer this year will be 3 weeks academic (computer programming), 2 weeks vacation, and the rest fun (sailing, tennis, etc.). These days, choices about summer camps are more and more up to my kids. </p>
<p>I agree that making choices about school/ EC is definitely unique to each child… I am already seeing that my two kids will not be blazing the same trail.</p>
<p>Seeing as how you have had other children go through this process - were they different in talent/ drive/ interests? I assume that there were such differences amongst your children - so then how did you approach parenting them differently? Did you ever have a child who was less motivated and if so, how did you try to encourage them to reach their full potential?</p>