<p>Oh my. I defy anyone to come up with a college student who works harder than my son. We pay his full-freight tution, room, board, books. He works his you-know-what off. I think part of his work ethic stems from the knowledge of how much we are sacrificing for his education.</p>
<p>Regarding the cattiness of other parents on college choices for kids. DH and I have noticed that the parents of younger kids (i.e., elementary, preschool, middle school) are really friendly and supportive and eager for news of our child in college. Parents of older kids (college age and beyond) do not want updates and are rather aggressive in always telling us how absolutely perfect and without parallel are the college choices of their own kids. We just try not to get into it, just like politics and religion, I guess.</p>