Parents hide Yale and West Point athletic scholarships from their 17-year-old son, don't tell him about them until he's 24: 'You aren't that smart anyway'

I will never understand parents who intentionally clip their children's wings for their own selfish reasons. They will sabotage career opportunities and relationships that can benefit their kids in the long run merely because it makes them temporarily upset or uncomfortable. I'm sure there are thousands of moms in the world who cry for months after dropping off their kids at an Ivy League school, but they would never consider not letting them attend that school just because it makes them upset. Being a parent takes endless sacrifices, and once your kid grows up, you must make the sacrifice of letting them go and experience the world on their own. The best parents do what they can to help their kids, but they also know when to let them make their own decisions. They need to be allowed to fail and given a space where they can make the right decisions for themselves and not their parents. 

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