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Are you ever sad when you hear about highly successful kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 460957" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>You know, I'm not "there" yet. I'm fighting ti make sure DD1 does not become classic UNDER achiever just like her mom. That's where I get the pangs when I hear "success" stories. That should have been <strong>me</strong>. <strong>I</strong> could have done that, <strong>I</strong> should be doing that, etc. Reality is that no, I couldn't. If I could have, I would have. The intelligence is there, but the emotional/mental ABILITY is not. So I have to re-frame and realize that I have a different kind of success, and that my life is not over, and there can still be more successes, and there may even be successes that I may not even witness in my lifetime, but they will be a direct result of ME (for example an effect I have on another, or something my kids do because <strong>I</strong> was the one who raised them.)</p><p></p><p>Success can be defined in so many ways. I'm sure even parents of "average" PCs get jealous hearing of the "A type" successes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 460957, member: 11965"] You know, I'm not "there" yet. I'm fighting ti make sure DD1 does not become classic UNDER achiever just like her mom. That's where I get the pangs when I hear "success" stories. That should have been [B]me[/B]. [B]I[/B] could have done that, [B]I[/B] should be doing that, etc. Reality is that no, I couldn't. If I could have, I would have. The intelligence is there, but the emotional/mental ABILITY is not. So I have to re-frame and realize that I have a different kind of success, and that my life is not over, and there can still be more successes, and there may even be successes that I may not even witness in my lifetime, but they will be a direct result of ME (for example an effect I have on another, or something my kids do because [B]I[/B] was the one who raised them.) Success can be defined in so many ways. I'm sure even parents of "average" PCs get jealous hearing of the "A type" successes. [/QUOTE]
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