Parents of the HS Class of 2023 (Part 1)

This area can be tough on parents. It is what I like to call the ‘bs’ coming from a grandparent or even your own kid. It is like a game of telephone. A grandparent will tell you that they talked to such and such and that person said Sally Sue is going to this college or got a full-ride from that college. Or your kid talks to their classmates and Jimmy is definitely going to this expensive private school or Mary is going to this OOS flagship. You try to explain things to the grandparent or even your kid but no one wants to believe you. Then August rolls around the those kids in question end up going to totally different colleges.

I do think the worst part is when you do try to explain stuff or your reasoning why to a grandparent and they just don’t want to hear it or try to tell you that you are wrong. Yet you have done way more research and the grandparent hasn’t looked at a college website in years.

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