Parents Who Brag Too Much!!! | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7570540 United States 02/06/2013 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | But then, if the parent really does have superior kids, it never hurts to have them and their kids as allies - little Jack just may be the next Bill Gates and willing to give you a job. Besides, they might be able to give you a couple of pointer on child-rearing. |
INK3 User ID: 33505212 United States 02/06/2013 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
INK3 User ID: 33505212 United States 02/06/2013 05:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My three (adult) children were smart in school, very funny and creative. However I pretty much kept that information to myself when they were growing up because I couldn't stand the bragging parents. I once asked my husband to shoot me if he ever heard me talk like them. He agreed (a little too enthusiastically I thought). "When tyrants tremble in their fear, and hear their death knell ringing, When friends rejoice both far and near, how can I keep from singing" page7 |
INK3 User ID: 33505212 United States 02/06/2013 05:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32851975 Australia 02/06/2013 05:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i'm a courier, and some of the houses i go to make me want to vomit Quoting: Anonymous Coward 33508203 you open the door, and there are huge pictures of their sprogs all over their walls, with their University gowns on you're right OP, it's the parents living their lives vicariously through their little darlings good thing. its natural for parents to want their child to be better than they were, and give the child more focussed learning and sport opportunities than they had. . |
phoenixe User ID: 33647338 Germany 02/06/2013 06:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | btw, aren´t that the same kind of parents as those who put up their toddlers as beauty queens like in "toddlers%tiaras"? we don´t have that kind of stuff here (yet, and i hope we don´t get it). |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32895948 United States 02/06/2013 10:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is a guy at work who claims his 11-year old child is a "genius." He said the kid's IQ has been tested at 140. That reminds me when I was in school. A lot of the "gifted" kids in elementary school with the high IQ scores ended up not being that bright by the time they got to high school, and a lot of the mainstream kids were the ones who overachieved in high school. Besides, I'd rather be dumb and happy than be smart and pushed to the point of breaking by overzealous parents who are trying to raise a super child. |