Do you brag about your kids?

ldmom06
Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:02:12 +0000

Hepstar - You are welcome to post here and you shouldn’t feel as if you are not. There are many student posters on the parent forum and visa versa. There is no guarantees regarding responses…you may like some of them and you may not. That’s how it goes.

I wonder…have you asked your parents to stop ‘bragging’ about you? My initial reaction was that your complaint was frivolous and you certainly didn’t lend gravitas to your point with those comments about about your 5 year old sister. BUT, I do recall how stressful if was for my d during her senior year…the whole college application process is overwhelming and I know she got to the point where she was just sick of talking about college. And there does come a point when it seems like a constant onslaught…and I think young people lose perspective. It feels like constant assessment and comparison, which no one would enjoy.

If you truly feel your parents are contributing to this, you have to sit down with them and make them understand why you are uncomfortable. This would probably more wise use of your time than soliciting advice from parents you don’t know.