College admissions is driving the crazy and expensive over-investment in scheduled activities.
If childhood is to be restored, then educated, professional-class parents are going to have to accept that their kids likely won't be admitted to the same selective colleges the parents attended. I know it sounds obnoxious, but that can feel lik…
College admissions is driving the crazy and expensive over-investment in scheduled activities.
If childhood is to be restored, then educated, professional-class parents are going to have to accept that their kids likely won't be admitted to the same selective colleges the parents attended. I know it sounds obnoxious, but that can feel like a step down; if your kid is bright, you naturally want them to have a college experience on par with your own (with all the small class sizes and prestige perks). If your degree from a "good" school opened doors for you, then doubly so.
But attitude shift is possible. I live in the Northeast around people with degrees from "fancy" schools. A handful of the high-achieving kids go to the Ivies but a growing contingent, usually white males, go to Southern schools like University of Alabama.
Besides, so many Zoomers grind out their childhood and adolescence in striving activities, only to be rejected by their schools of choice. I tend to think that when and if the Zoomers have kids, they'll have to recognize that parenting around college admissions is a fool's game.
College admissions is driving the crazy and expensive over-investment in scheduled activities.
If childhood is to be restored, then educated, professional-class parents are going to have to accept that their kids likely won't be admitted to the same selective colleges the parents attended. I know it sounds obnoxious, but that can feel like a step down; if your kid is bright, you naturally want them to have a college experience on par with your own (with all the small class sizes and prestige perks). If your degree from a "good" school opened doors for you, then doubly so.
But attitude shift is possible. I live in the Northeast around people with degrees from "fancy" schools. A handful of the high-achieving kids go to the Ivies but a growing contingent, usually white males, go to Southern schools like University of Alabama.
Besides, so many Zoomers grind out their childhood and adolescence in striving activities, only to be rejected by their schools of choice. I tend to think that when and if the Zoomers have kids, they'll have to recognize that parenting around college admissions is a fool's game.