<p>...whose parents frequently tell me to party more?</p>
<p>Throughout my junior year while I was overloading and still maintaining a 4.0, my mother frequently told me to stop stressing over schoolwork and to be more sociable by attending prom and more, and my father kept telling me to get a girlfriend.</p>
<p>Recently while touring the UNC campus, my mother told me to "not lock myself in my dorm or spend all my college years studying in the library" and actually party a little and live life.</p>
<p>I found this to be quite interesting, since to most parents, this conversation is usually the opposite. Since this is CC, I'd like to see how many other kids have experienced this.</p>
<p>My parents never tell me to do much of anything. I can’t figure out if I should be happy that they trust me or concerned that they’re too apathetic.</p>
<p>Omg same.
My mom never said “party,” but she wanted me to hang with friends more. Even during my gap year we argued over whether I should go out of my way (as in walking miles to a bus stop then catching le bus more miles to Atlanta) to meet others.
I’ve explained to her that I am unique and I can’t just befriend anyone in this strange place. xD </p>
<p>She thinks I’m weird, which is peculiar since she knows my background so well (obvi) and that I must focus on my future more so than some.
I just promised her I’ll be more social in college when I’m relatively stress free. :D</p>
<p>Do they tell you to party more or socialize more? There’s a difference.</p>
<p>For the first two years of high school my parents told me to socialize more (recently they have told me to socialize less). So I suppose you are not the only one.</p>
<p>Definitely not the only one. I heard it from my parents, and I tell it to my kids. Make sure you have time for some fun. Life shouldn’t be all work and no play. Even in junior year. I wouldn’t go so far as to say, “get a girlfriend” because that could backfire and become all-consuming. But having some kind of social life is good.</p>
<p>My daughter studies a lot and is a self described nerd. She has a lot of friends and is involved in many school activities, but really enjoys staying home studying. I have been telling her for years to go out with her friends on a Friday night ( to socialize, not to party). Sometimes she does and sometimes she chooses not to. I am ok with this now as I understand that this is who she is. I also recognize that next year as a junior she will be very busy with school activities, school work and SAT’s. When she chooses to stay in to work I won’t push. I anticipate that many of her friends will be doing the same.</p>
<p>LOL My parents have told me to go party and do stupid things while I can still get away with it XD
They think that I’m too uptight or something.</p>
<p>Nope my parents do it all the time to me. My mom says “oh why don’t you host a party at our house one day!” And I’m not much of a party person so I always say no, but to her saying no means that I’m “ashamed of my family” and then she goes on to say that I need to have more self confidence</p>