Advice for a parent of HS class of 2029!

[one1ofeach]

@Calliemomofgirls

There is a part of me that would hesitate to fixate too much on any single “only great outcome” because gosh – what a crazy amount of pressure (especially for a 13 year old) that would be going into that app cycle after 3 years of this being THE BIG DREAM. Dreams that have only one acceptable outcome might benefit from becoming a little more robust in scope.

This is such good advice. I am grateful that my kids, oddly even the second, didn’t decide on BS until 8th grade. Seeing how stressful the college planning was, that kind of starts the moment you step foot on a BS campus. Well maybe the moment a 10th grader does so. I am glad my kids were spared that stress in middle school.