No One’s Getting into Stanford, So Do This Instead

In the wake of the dreaded college admissions results, and considering their three percent admission rate, we want to tell parents to stop putting their eggs in those baskets and focus on what comes after college! Today, we will drop a few truth bombs about the difficulties of getting into prestigious colleges and why it is not the end of the world if your teenagers don’t. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about why you need to encourage your children to think beyond college, mistakes parents make in their lack of objectivity during this process as well as not developing with the times, and why there needs to be a mindset shift around college and success in general. Teenagers often feel very despondent and demotivated when they don’t get the news they want when college admissions are announced and in this episode, we delve into how that feeling of failure can be avoided and managed before discussing the dangers of forcing your child into a narrow definition of success. Lastly, we explain why we are so inspired by teenagers who have experienced real hardship and why we all need a little bit of perspective. So to find out what to do when your child doesn’t get into the college of their choice and to get a bit of insight into the importance of having conversations around values, tune in now!

Key Points From This Episode:

• [0:01:23] The importance of teaching teens to think beyond merely just getting into college. 
• [0:03:52] Where our opinions on this subject come from; belief/ideology and education.
• [0:04:51] Why the reality of the admissions is hard for parents to grasp and why they aren’t objective.
• [0:06:03] The dangers of treating college applications the same as parents did their own.
• [0:08:01] Why we need to change our mindset about college and the definition of success.
• [0:15:03] How to avoid the feeling of failure when a teen doesn’t get the college news they want.
• [0:15:55] Why forcing your child into a narrow definition of success is detrimental.
• [0:24:34] Why we should highlight those who have struggled as models for success.

• [0:25:09] What this comes down to and how to move the focus from achievement: values. 
• [0:30:40] A reminder to parents to get perspective and to prepare their teenagers for life better.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

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