Are you a pushy parent?

I think I am far too lazy to be pushy. I want the best for my children, as any parent does, but in order to get this I put them in the best (perceived) environments and let them do the work. Pushiness is all about control and the fact that my boys board mean that I have virtually no control over their academic or extra-curricular lives. I do research opportunities for them and encourage them to try it once but if they hate it then I wouldn't pursue it. Even Purcell is a lazy way out for me. I am fed up with music practice, driving here, there and everywhere so DS gets musical opportunities etc and at Purcell he'll do it all there.

Maybe I am pushy in the sense that I make sure I know about all opportunities available, most get discounted, some do not. When I speak to some parents it doesn't cross their mind that there could be more out there than the local school, or that their are musical and sporting opportunities available. I'm not knocking that, sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing and ignorance can be bliss!

But I have never chained my children to work books or instruments. They are too headstrong and I am too lazy!