They don’t realize that the competition is keener,
that the required standards of work are higher,
and that their children may not be prepared for the change.
Accustomed to seeing A’s and B’s on high school report cards,
they may be upset when their children’s
first semester college grades are below that level.
At their kindest, they may gently inquire
why John or Mary isn’t doing better,
whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on.
At their worst, they may threaten to
take their children out of college, or cut off funds.
Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions
of themselves and think it only right and natural that
they determine what their children do with their lives.
In their involvement and identification with their children,
they forget that everyone is different
and that each person must develop in his or her own way.
They forget that their children, who are now young adults,
must be the ones responsible for what they do and what they are.
Now the passage will be read for the third time.
Students’ pressure sometimes comes from their parents.
Most parents are well meaning,
but some of them aren’t very helpful with the problems
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