http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2008/04/24/is-high-school-too-hard-or-too-easy/ Tips and Tools for Successfully Parenting your Teen Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2008/04/24/is-high-school-too-hard-or-too-easy/#comment-1240 Nancy Connolly Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:15:12 +0000 http://pleasestoptherollercoaster.com/blog/2008/04/24/is-high-school-too-hard-or-too-easy/#comment-1240 I think many kids go to college because it is expected of them and when they get there, no parents looking over their shoulder to make sure they get their work done. Hence college presidents say they are not prepared for college. Yes they were ready, they did not bring their parents along with them. Real motivation to do well comes from inside a child, not from the outside. When a person/child wants something for themselves they will produce. Maybe a lot of children/people are not ready to take the responsibility of college. This goes back to one of your main points about children they need to be given responsibility for many small things before they can take over the responsibility for bigger things. Parents are responsible to give them responsibility a little at a time so they can accept it and grow with it. It takes patience and it takes giving up control over many small things things not done as an adult would do them. These are just my thoughts. I think many kids go to college because it is expected of them and when they get there, no parents looking over their shoulder to make sure they get their work done. Hence college presidents say they are not prepared for college. Yes they were ready, they did not bring their parents along with them. Real motivation to do well comes from inside a child, not from the outside. When a person/child wants something for themselves they will produce. Maybe a lot of children/people are not ready to take the responsibility of college. This goes back to one of your main points about children they need to be given responsibility for many small things before they can take over the responsibility for bigger things. Parents are responsible to give them responsibility a little at a time so they can accept it and grow with it. It takes patience and it takes giving up control over many small things things not done as an adult would do them. These are just my thoughts.

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