How do I handle the pressure from my family to do well in school and to succeed in life?

Try the best you can in school, but if you can't meet your family's pressure, that's ok. Tell them that you're doing the best you can and tell them that you want to enjoy life while doing the best in school too. I'm sure that your parents want the best for you; and the best for you is to be happy and successful. But not one without the other.

Instead of keep thinging how to deal with the pressure, please don't hold the pressure in your head anymore if you want to succeed in life. Living to someone else 's expectation ( even it's your parents) can be very misleading. This is a very common situation happens: your natural talents are art or music, but your parents expect you to be a doctor. You try all your brain to study but fail of becoming a doctor. You end up feeling useless for the rest of your life. Who told you that you have to be as good as others think you should be? Success in life is very simple like this: Study what you like, and after study, work to earn money. Use the money to buy great food , clothes, cars and travel the world. IF you earn more than enough, help your parents and others: pay their medical bills, buy their new cars, etc. They will be very proud of you. If you earn a lot, you can help a great deal of people. Why does a person become a philanthropist? Because he can. Have you ever seen any philanthropist who is poor? No, right? If you are poor, where is the money to buy food and shelters for the poor? That's the way to get successful in life, and that's how you change the world.

It is important for you to discern what you define as success and happiness and what your family expects of you. Also understand that if you push yourself too hard, you're running the risk of burning out, thus prolonging the period of time your performance will need to be adjusted. Sometimes we share with our family only our results, but it is equally crucial to explain to them the process/steps we take daily to achieve our goals. In that way, they'll have a clearer picture of your efforts.

Parents often have high hopes for their kids because they always believe their kids are the best at everything. But it does not mean if you didn't achieve what they wanted they will love u less. They will just motivate u to do better.

I think it's best to talk to your family, however to stay cool at the same time. It's important to show to your parents that you are really trying your best, and talk to them academic success isn't everything. What's most important is your well-being. If you cannot cope, i'm sure they will understand. If not, seek help from a school counselor.

from past experiences you should just do all your work and push through because once you have finished in school you are free to do whatever you want in life

Find you're own path in life. I am sure they want what is best for you, but if the pressure is building up, then explain you need to find you're own path in what you want to do.

Pressure is a constant if you do things only to please others. Stop pleasing them. Do the things you love instead and succeeding will just come naturally because you do what you love.

Your succeeding for your self, you do what makes you happy. Seems like there are a lot of pressure from your family. Take each day as it comes and show your independency. They will soon back off

Everytime I feel pressured by my family, I simply talk to them. I tell them that they dont have to worry because Im doing the best I can in school.