Do I really have to start planning before preschool?

[dadof4kids]

Speaking of being neurotic and freaking out unnecessarily, check out this post from @Calliemomofgirls talking me off the ledge. You can ignore the part about me, but she does a great job explaining essentially that once you have the “good enough” box checked for academics, unless you are truly off the charts gifted different degrees of academic success and potential don’t matter.

This is a longish post, but I don’t want to just summarize because I think she does a great job explaining it.

ETA everything here applies equally to selective colleges even though she is talking about boarding schools.

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@dadof4kids My comment was meant to guide you gently to the conclusion that you are being a really, really tough judge, not that you were humble-bragging. (Which I would consider by far the yuckier of those two options. You, from what I know so far, are not the type who hems and haws and backhandedly seeks approval and accolades – and eye rolls – through the humble-brag.) I should have constructed my sentence differently since you couldn’t hear my tone, so here is my re-do: Unless you are humble-bragging (which is so NOT you, and frankly pretty yucky), you are being a really, really tough judge. (And speaking of the word brag – sharing kids accomplishments, especially in a forum where we are looking at stats and considering options, fit, etc. – is not bragging. But the difference is outside the scope of my post. But just want you to know: you sharing stats does not feel like bragging from where I sit.) FWIW, my kids all are public school kiddos from a good, but small and very…