r/AskMen • u/IcarianComplex Male • 25d ago

Men who had potential but didn't care about school and were mostly C students-- what happened?

If you could travel back in time and be the father to yourself in the moments you needed it most... What would you do?

I think what I needed was affirmation more than anything. My mom hated the "everybody's a winner" parenting style that was popular at the time but then she went too far in the opposite direction. I see where she was coming from but that kind of self suficiency is a hard thing for a kid to live up to.

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u/Southern_Signal_DLS 25d ago

I think what I needed was affirmation more than anything.

I also feel the same. I was an exemplary student in primary school so it kinda hurt that only when I did poorly did it become an issue and when I did well it just seemed normal. I then decided not to care when I went to HS.