We are not a religious family. I grew up Catholic, be I dont follow any religion and we did not raise our kids with a church upbringing. My daughter is like I am. Very high IQ so she is not mature enough emotionally to balance out her level of intellect. She needs more life experience to have the appreciation for all things.

I used to be like that. As a teen I felt we should kill old people as they are a drain on the economy and dont produce. It took having more life experience to have perspective. For her right now, she does not have the life experience to appreciate the broad spectrum of issues that arise in this

I felt we should kill old people

We moved to where we live specifically for the schools. But an interesting story. Our old house (and the reason it is our old house) got redistricted right when my daughter was getting ready to move up to middle school.

My wife and I figured we would try it for a year. It was NOT good. We recognize the influence that kids peer groups have on them especially as teens. My daughter even for that one year started to drift in a not so great way. Wanting to wear too much make up as an example and her very young 'friends' talking about wanting to have sex with their boyfriends. And before I hear it, we have had a very open relationship with my daughter about boys and sex and all those things from a very young age. She talks more to my wife about 'advice' but we are lucky enough that she comes to us for guidance and advice still. It is very special to have that trust with your kids.

So we decided to sell our home (which we took a 100k loss on as it was now in a less desirable school dist.) and we rented a home and worked out I was able to buy property and build the home we live in now. Was that fukin crazy to do all for our kids school? Some might say yes. But it was never a question. Kids can go down the wrong path so easily and there are no guarantees even in the best environments. SO we chose to always stack the deck in the favor of the outcome we wanted with the kids from families which also have expectations for their own kids. Growing up is challenging and we were not just going to rely on love and hope that our kids turned out OK. We pretty much dedicated ourselves to doing anything we could to help assure that outcome.

No regrets....That is just what you do for your kids.

But yes, I agree that school will have a HUGE impact on the development of your kids. Choose wisely and make the best choices you have. Hell, I met my wife in high school and that changed my life. Think about those years for you and impact it still has left on you. Friends and paths and relationships....etc. That might be one of the biggest influencers at a critical time.

We are not a religious family. I grew up Catholic, be I dont follow any religion and we did not raise our kids with a church upbringing. I dont feel there is any religion that can capture the views I have of the universe. I lean more to chaos. But I still live a life with the ideals of good and bad. I believe in living a 'good' life and being true to yourself even when others are not looking. It is not part of a religion, but rather a way to navigate life. Maybe there is some Buddhist in there...but like I said, I cant say I believe in any religion. I wish I could, but it does not seem to fit. I believe in a multitude of parallel universes, possibly infinite and very much am sure our 'existence' is not just what we can see of it.

My daughter is like I am. Very high IQ so she is not mature enough emotionally to balance out her level of intellect. She needs more life experience to have the appreciation for all things.

I used to be like that. As a teen I felt we should kill old people as they are a drain on the economy and dont produce. It took having more life experience to have perspective. For her right now, she does not have the life experience to appreciate the broad spectrum of issues that arise in this debate. I would say I am pro choice for very early on, but personally it is not what I would choose. I am very much against late(er) term abortions.

She is just a kid, developing ideas as she has experiences in life. Very easy early on to not value the lives of the unborn. A lot changes when you hold your own child for the first time if you are lucky enough.

We have debates on it often, and I understand totally why she feels how she does. I only try to get her to understand the spectrum and come to feel what she does because it is HER belief and not be manipulated by headlines or just follow the 'sheep'

u wot m8?

She shouldn't be in college you clown

That's not a place for women nor are they needed en masse in the workforce

damn

u went in with no lube

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College is like throwing your daughter in the devil's playground to be feasted on by horny young men, poor social influence, and massive propaganda.

I remember my first week of college. We had orientation and we were told that 1 in 4 females were sexually assaulted by the time they leave college, then the next day they gave us thousands of different condoms in boxes and all the kids took handfuls and ran out the auditorium with teachers trying to stop kids from leaving and ultimately failing because they gave horny kids free condoms for "safe" sex. Then we had a bbq on the main street and at the end of the day all the freshmen boys went to all the sorority houses and all the freshmen girls went to the frat houses for a party. The first house I stepped into I was literally sexually assaulted as all the sorority girls picked their freshman guy to prey on and feed alcohol to via peer pressure. I didn't budge on that though as this chick was literally feeling my up from my crotch to my face wanting to fuk me at 10pm. All the freshmen girls went to the frats to get preyed on and fukked. Every sorority was like that. I went to a few frats because the kid in our group had an older brother that was like the frat king. Holy **** at how fukked up it was. The drugs, alcohol, the slooting, etc. By the end of the night 8 freshmen had to go to the hospital and get their stomachs pumped, I saw a girl that was drunk and coked out smash her head coming down the frat stairs in front of me outside and they picked her up and held her as campus police drove by while blood was starting to roll down her head, and she had a concussion and was one of the 8 that was mentioned on the state news that weekend talking about how insane college culture is nowadays and they did a whole story on our school about it.

Yea, I'd say college isn't a place for daughters. This was a private school known for good academics too and not like Arizona state or Texas U.

Lol at expecting to learn anything from college

Our education system is based on the Prussian system. Which was designed to make obedient factory workers and soldiers

College like school is a fit test. Companies hire people from college because they know that person has passed the outlier test and will conform to social standards

I have to say one of my best professors was quite leftist and black, but never pushed ideology-just material-James Baldwin, Nella Larsen's Passing. Knowing some of the deeper history of those times was quite informative. I came in ready to scoff but left with a bit more respectful attitude, srs. If the profs are spouting off bullcrap of today's nonsense (ACAB, BLM), it might be worth it to dig deeper into the original civil rights movement where the real changes happened, when millions marched for rights...not into Footlocker for Nikes....

Anyway, I'd advise go in with an open mind, just don't let the brain fall out lol. There is a lot to learn out there that sometimes we block out without even knowing.

lol you have no idea what you're talking about

graduate math and physics is next level and requires actual thought

Exception doesn’t make the rule

It would be better if we just only had private schools

It would be better if we just only had private schools

Yes, not proud of it. But very high IQ often leaves people without a lot of consideration for others. Push it too far and you get Ted Kaczynski's of the world.

Oh my lord you both sound like a bunch of *******s... tell you what, bring your daughter over to me I'll straighten her out

Get her a first hand account of theBBC so she'll understand from our perspective

Oh my lord you both sound like a bunch of *******s... tell you what, bring your daughter over to me I'll straighten her out

Get her a first hand account of the BBC so she'll understand from our perspective