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<p>Personally, I would not be inclined to cut slack to someone who viewed me as a failure because I "only" got into JHU.</p>
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<p>Ordinarily no. I'll go back and re-read the article; as I said it was a long time ago. I had the impression though that these parents weren't living through their son as much as they were trying to secure his future. The problem was that their perspective was limited and they didn't understand that there are many paths to success. </p>
<p>As a parent what you want for your child is always going to be defined by your own experience. I want my children to find the best school for them, but I grew up in a town where genuinely well-meaning parents would not pay for their kids to attend college because they honestly believed their kids would be better off going to work right out of high school. College was not a path to a better future; it was a path to dirty filthy hippiedom. They did not perceive any lasting value in a college education because it was so foreign to their experience, and going to work in the factory would assure their children a comfortable and secure future. </p>
<p>There are parents out there who want their kids to attend specific schools because they view their children as extensions of themselves, but there are also well meaning parents who are guiding their kids in the best way they know how but that way may be misguided because of the parents' particular experience.</p>
<p>Don't know if that makes sense or not...but that's why I would cut this particular dad some slack. Given his acceptance of Siren's dance I think he'll do the right thing for his daughter in the end, but it will be a journey where she'll need to push him and guide him.</p>