How hard should a parent push their kids with school? [View All]

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My daughter is starting to fill out her class requests for her freshman year of high school. She's long expressed an interest in becoming a psychiatrist. The school has a charter program for students who want to pursue a career in medicine. They also offer advance placement courses that will allow her to test out of some college classes. The problem is that none of her friends are particularly academic and I think she down plays her brains to try to fit in. How hard should a mom push in this kind of situation? Do I make her at least try the advanced classes and encourage her to work harder or do I let her coast along getting A's and B's in regular classes without putting forth much effort at all?