Advice from Amy Dickinson.
: My husband and I have a very sweet 8-year-old son. His dad and I adore him. We’re having a great time going through life together.
If your reassurance doesn’t comfort him, or if his anxiety seems to expand, you should consider having him evaluated by a psychologist.My wife and I have two children. From the time they were very young, we made our limits for college very clear.They can’t get into trouble with the law or the school.
We realize that these are high standards, but as a family, we have high standards. That’s the way it is. We told her that a deal is a deal, and if she likes college, she’ll have to satisfy these requirements.If you want your kids to skim their education off of the lowest hanging offerings at school, then your rigidity about their grades will incentivize them to choose the easiest course of study. And so at the beginning of the semester when they are signing up for classes, they might hedge their bets and skip over biochemistry in favor of “Intro into soccer appreciation.
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