3 days ago
I felt I'd failed as a parent thanks to the gloating mums of high-achieving children - while mine aren't following a conventional path, says ROSIE GREEN. Then I had a striking realisation...
Graduations, exam results, sports days… it's been a summer of competitive parenting and it's given me a bad case of inadequate-itis.
My condition is triggered by WhatsApp messages like this from an old college 'friend', Becca*. 'So George has been predicted four A*s! We've pivoted to Oxbridge but are considering Ivy League options, too. He has a summer trip planned to build a school for underprivileged kids in Kenya (Just Giving link to follow) but, poor lamb, it's tricky factoring in his internship at Slaughter And May. What are your kiddiwinks up to?'
