Parents Using College Acceptances to Compete

cptofthehouse
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:07:44 +0000

Perfectly fine to announce where the kid has decided to go. It is a question of interest for those who know and care about the kid. I’m just as interested in where the kid I know who is choosing between local options as I am about the ones who looking at schools further away. I have no interest in knowing about kids I don’t know at all. It’s how well I know the child, family that gauges my interest. Also as someone who is interested in the college process, I like to know overall results and particulars, but not until way past the point in time of acceptances. Until the dust settles and the kids are at the schools, the info is not reliable.

Seriously, I don’t know anyone who brags about Apgar scores except in writing articles or as specific issue. My friends whose child is severely handicapped had perfect Apgar scores which was why the seizures that came about soon afterwards were a surprise to all. And, yes, toilet training can take up a parent’s attention because it can involve some mighty dirty work during those times. But who cares when someone is "trained’? Or started to walk or read? Only when the milestones are very late do they become a concern.

Precocious children can become a millstone around the neck too when 20-30 years later they are working for minimum wage, as are many kids who graduate or don’t from name brand schools that bring joy to the hearts of the parents those early acceptance days or years, and not gainfully employed.

I like hearing the good news. Yeah, sometimes my eyes might get a slight green cast to them, but so what? That’s okay too.