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<blockquote data-quote="B Gillespie" data-source="post: 172661" data-attributes="member: 395"><p>No kids here (that I know of), but a few things I've picked up along the way.</p><p></p><p>1. Education. Don't blindly throw your kid into public school and let them fend for themselves with respect to achievement, SAT/ACT, college etc. I <em>never</em> realized how important education is until I went to grad school, AND the potential I had all along. If my parents would have stepped out of their rural mentality and encouraged/assisted/helped me with school & test prep, my education would be much different. Every kid needs to begin hard core SAT/ACT test prep classes and studying HS freshman yr. Period. They might hate you because all of their friends are getting drunk at the lake, but they'll thank you when they get an Ivy League full ride.</p><p></p><p>2. Travel. Take your kid(s) places and let them experience other cultures. If you can swing it, definitely include Europe, Asia, S. America. So drastically different than 'Merica, but they're not doing it "wrong" per se.</p><p></p><p>3. Make it to all the functions that are important to your kid. Not saying PTA meetings, because that's pointless, more like sporting events, band concerts, competitions, etc. My dad traveled 10+ months/yr. for his job and it made our relationship very rough. Looking back, he was just doing what had to be done to get my mom out of the **** hole town we're from and have a retirement, but it created years of tension; I don't fault him for it now, but it certainly seemed like a cop out at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B Gillespie, post: 172661, member: 395"] No kids here (that I know of), but a few things I've picked up along the way. 1. Education. Don't blindly throw your kid into public school and let them fend for themselves with respect to achievement, SAT/ACT, college etc. I [i]never[/i] realized how important education is until I went to grad school, AND the potential I had all along. If my parents would have stepped out of their rural mentality and encouraged/assisted/helped me with school & test prep, my education would be much different. Every kid needs to begin hard core SAT/ACT test prep classes and studying HS freshman yr. Period. They might hate you because all of their friends are getting drunk at the lake, but they'll thank you when they get an Ivy League full ride. 2. Travel. Take your kid(s) places and let them experience other cultures. If you can swing it, definitely include Europe, Asia, S. America. So drastically different than 'Merica, but they're not doing it "wrong" per se. 3. Make it to all the functions that are important to your kid. Not saying PTA meetings, because that's pointless, more like sporting events, band concerts, competitions, etc. My dad traveled 10+ months/yr. for his job and it made our relationship very rough. Looking back, he was just doing what had to be done to get my mom out of the **** hole town we're from and have a retirement, but it created years of tension; I don't fault him for it now, but it certainly seemed like a cop out at the time. [/QUOTE]
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