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malaise

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2. Seriously I had no idea what stress was either in high school

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Thu Jan 31, 2013, 08:28 AM

Jan 2013

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or at university.
Maybe it was the fact that our parents simply set standards and left us to deliver or maybe they told us our life options early.
One more thing - my parents didn't give a rat's ass whether we loved them or not - they told us often that their only job was to ensure that we could be independent adults who knew how to survive. As they aged and we grew up, they were delighted that we actually loved them.
Now I see parents obsessing about their children's love and most of their kids are clueless about survival on this planet.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

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High schools try therapy pets, 'recess,' no-homework nights to lower 'epidemic' student stress [View all] The Straight Story Jan 2013 OP

Maybe if they got back to actually teaching the subjects instead of stressing tests. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #1

I think that combined JohnnyBoots Jan 2013 #5

Seriously I had no idea what stress was either in high school malaise Jan 2013 #2

That's it. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #3

My parents hinted that we were guests in their house malaise Jan 2013 #11

Well, to be honest, I had plenty of stress at university. kentauros Jan 2013 #6

just two or three generations ago liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #9

My parents were loving malaise Jan 2013 #10

I'm certainly no helicopter parent liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #13

You sound like a good parent malaise Jan 2013 #14

The world has changed a hell of a lot since the 50's redqueen Jan 2013 #4

my daughter's friends are in an advanced high school degree program liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #7

It is the same with homeschooling now as well in many ways The Straight Story Jan 2013 #8

"epidemic' student stress" ...give me a break! L0oniX Jan 2013 #12

geez just because they aren't going to war doesn't mean they aren't stressed liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #15

My kid sometimes has 9 hours of homework Nevernose Jan 2013 #16