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I have to disagree with you here. It’s not tough at all, unless you get caught up in it. Just don’t. And make sure your kids know that they’re only competing with themeselves. They don’t have to be better than anyone else, they only have to be as good as they can be.
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This is a great point! It’s hard to remember when you’re surrounded by the kill-or-be-killed mindset. Thanks for the reminder. :)[/quote]
Just for some more words of encouragement, both of my kids graduated from UC (different campuses). All of the UC campuses are in the top 20 most competitive public universities in the country. Neither one of them ever felt any competition from other students. This isn’t anything I (or my dear ex wife) deserve any particular credit for, other than making sure their mindset was to challenge and compete only with themselves. There’s plenty of other crap to stress kids out. Competing with their classmates doesn’t have to be one of them.
