I am a mom of a little girl who will be 15 next month. I grew up in a time where nothing less than perfect was expected of me, I excelled in the the neighborhood schools because my mother taught me to read by the time I was 3. So you can imagine, I was always first to finish assignments and get into mischief, because of boredom. Parents caught on and I was "spirited away" to more challenging schools. By the time I was in the 7th grade I had my first anxiety attack. Not good. Any way I say this, I never push my daughter to do better, I never take her grades seriously because we live in America and the education system is a JOKE. The one thing I was most concerned with in raising her is giving her the ability to THINK. I'm not concerned with what she will grow up to be or not to be. I am concerned most with her ability to think. To think about her actions and choices in regards to her life and others. Basically, it was my duty to not raise an asshole. In this my job is complete, whether she grows up to be a research developer or doctor, lawyer, pole dancer, bartender, office assistant, I know she has the ability of thought. With that she will will go far. I am one of those parents who just want to see kids being kids. No more no less. Raise your kids NOT to be assholes. That is parenting 101.