<p>About the nagging parents:</p>
<p>My parents (I’m a senior) have been really hands-off for the last 15 years of my life. I’ve never really needed any prodding, or whatever, and they have other things to worry about. In fact, they actually didn’t know which summer program I wanted to go to this summer until May and I had already accepted (I could have sworn I told them, but they told me I didn’t) one. They also didn’t realize that I’d quit marching band until about 3 months after I decided to.</p>
<p>I’ve done really well, skipping two grades, valedictorian, etc. So I feel like they did the right thing in letting me make my own mistakes.
Anyway, now, they are freaking out about college and hovering over my shoulder and wanting to read my essays. Its really really annoying and not helpful. And then they research a bunch of schools I don’t want to go to and argue with me all the time.<br>
I feel like I’ve done well enough by myself so far, why can’t they just leave me alone? So my advice to parents is: don’t radically change your parenting approach–this is just another hurdle, and should be treated like any other challenge.</p>