Comments on: The Terrible 12s Need Parental Supervision

By: Actually...

Actually... — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:45:25 +0000

I wouldn’t consider myself “super-independent” but I damn sure wouldn’t give my parents credit for my getting here. Don’t get me wrong my parents are great, but simply for “middle-class” parenting meaning providing a roof and food for me while I took care of my own future. I did my extra-curriculars because i wanted to not because my mom was obsessed with getting me into a good school. Never took SAT prep courses, did summer programs etc. It all ultimately falls on what the kid wants. I would never want my parents to go through all of these unnecessary extremes for something that I should want to do myself.

By: Juelz

Juelz — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:17:52 +0000

84 and park is pussy.

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By: I think...

I think... — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:20:19 +0000

…it’s mostly the competition to get your kids into a good college. Make sure they do enough extra-curriculars, make sure they get perfect grades, make sure they go to good summer programs, SAT prep courses…micromanage, micromanage, micromanage…

Unless your sixteen-year-old is super-independent and getting themselves into Harvard without any parental help.

By: #4 of 5

#4 of 5 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:57:56 +0000

By the time these parents have their 4th and 5th children in college, they won’t give a crap.

The only time my parents have called me at school was to say that they were going on vacation and I needed to feed the cat.

I feel unloved…

By: red

red — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:11:07 +0000

Anyway, this guy lives 15 minutes away from campus and he needs “support” for “going off to college?”

By: green

green — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:08:05 +0000

It really is commendable that you were mature enough to get yourself so high.

By: How odd...

How odd... — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:03:27 +0000

Really? I got one visit, and I bussed home by myself, internationally, through Montreal at the middle of the night.

And I hauled myself to health services when I got so high that I lost my tactile perception for a week, thank you very much.

Although I did get some nice chocolate in the mail.

Maybe it’s them rich folk. They’ve got to keep it down a little. Maybe they’re overcompensating for ignoring the little runts.

By: This woman

This woman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:28:36 +0000

is just the logical extension of most other parents now. Let’s be honest, a lot of us didn’t schedule our own doctor’s appointments freshman year of college. And a lot of parents are sending constant care packages and “checking in” 24/7.

Even if this kid went and lived in Carman and had his mom that close and available, you really think he would be doing his own laundry?

(Psst…it’s an epidemic…)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/nyregion/26camp.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

By: wild guess

wild guess — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:56:38 +0000

That this is written by somebody who works in finance and is insecure enough about the career path to have to defend themselves so vehemently

By: Glass Houses

Glass Houses — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:13:16 +0000

Periods don’t necessarily have to go inside quotation marks.

By: ugh

ugh — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:24:29 +0000

i’m not your guy, fag. wow that was completely out of line.

By: it had to be done

it had to be done — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:16:58 +0000

I’m not your friend, guy!

By: Hey!

Hey! — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:57:22 +0000

I’m not your buddy, friend!

By: I agree

I agree — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:39:24 +0000

I’d totally do it.

By: Stephen Abootman

Stephen Abootman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:11:00 +0000

I’m not your guy, buddy!