Sure, yeah, if said parents weren't among the oppressed working-class, seeking validation in every waking moment and expecting rug-pull ambushes & "accredited" charlatans around every corner.

I mean, sheeyit. Your username alone references a fully-ratfucked concept in a candied-up exceptionalism shell that, essentially, gave the US "education" system free license to segregate & target the variably disabled youth of that era.

The salient matter is not "if only (your) parents did (this), instead". It's the same crab bucket, different crabs. Lather, rinse, repeat.

At least I wasn't born in their era. The "exceptional" kids got a free visit to 'Nam. 😶

(see Project 100,000)