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When friends have conflicting parenting philosophies about achievement

My best friend from college and I both have kids now and we're realizing we have completely different approaches — she's doing the full tiger parent thing with tutoring and pressure, and I'm trying to be more relaxed, but our kids are starting to compare and it's getting weird between us.

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What we've seen

Friendship faces strain when different approaches to childhood pressure create comparison, judgment, and unspoken tension between families.

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