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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Culturally it is frowned upon. Lowered expectations seem to be normalized these days, especially for boys.
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I've raised 16 & 18 yo boys mostly by myself without a lot of advantages other than being in a good public school district. Oldest is in a top 15 Engineering school and has probably read at least 300 novels. Younger isn't as academic but keeps a 4.3 gpa and has a good shot at playing d1 golf in a couple years.
I am not a demanding parent at all, granted, but have always but a lot of effort into supporting whatever it is they are interested in.
I can't fathom that anyone would ever criticize my parenting for being too demanding. Lots of times I felt like maybe I wasn't being demanding enough.
I just don't have a basis for where your comments are coming from. It really doesn't seem to be the case in this part of the country.