Originally Posted by SunshineMama:
Under normal circumstances, I know that my child will be exposed to all types of different people. I want her to have a fresh start at meeting new people, and not be influenced by dck. Perhaps I am being too overprotective. Academics are extremely important to me, which is the opposite of DCK's family stance. I just want to make sure that my child has the best start possible without my job interfering.
Speaking as a mother on the opposite end of the school years (mine are both in college) but learning to cope with influence from "less than desirable" people is FAR more important than academics in the long run.
I USED to think good grades and academic progress was the key to everything....I now know that it is far more important to have good character, loyalty, people management skills, honesty and dependability etc..... verses a 4.0 GPA.
