Should Parents or Students Make the Decision?

BAREERS
Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:06:47 +0000

Wow, what a tough topic. We all want the best for our kids, and I suppose there is no ultimate right or wrong. Let me share our experience:

Last year our daughter had five BS choices the ultimate decision came down to Choate vs Andover. She loved the feel at Choate (a salute to ChoatieMom, who represents the Choate experience in a really professional way) and I thought Andover’s size better suited her objectives for leaving her day school for BS (anonymous confession to all…I was also taken with Andover’s reputation). I did influence her decision to matriculate at Andover, but let me share something…with that influence comes a huge responsibility (“burden”?). With every little hiccup, there’s a little voice in my mind wondering if that was the right thing to do. There comes a time where she has to make and take responsibility for her decisions, but was that time then, and for something like this? Fortunately, she is really thriving and seems quite happy…yet, that voice is there again.