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It's so annoying when jealous or ignorant people presume a child has been pressured into advanced academic subjects.

Not all of them would complain that much with a stellar athlete.

We are an academically-minded family. My son would MUCH RATHER do any kind of intellectual activity than do sports. In late elementary he was reading at a 12th grade level, and doing advanced math. Not because we pushed him,[b] but because we think topics like these are fun and interesting - we unwittingly created an environment where he could like such things.[/b]

Do you understand, OP? Please stop criticizing other families like this - it makes you seem very insecure.

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I was with you until you went there.

You can't take credit for something, and also call people who claim that you caused something ignorant and jealous.  You need to choose.[/quote]

There's a difference between making something fun that the kid already has aptitude for, and pushing.

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Then give your kid credit for it.  Don't boast about how you created the environment.  Creating and environment because you value one thing more than another is pushing it.  That doesn't mean it's a bad thing, or a good thing, but you can't push your child towards liking something over other things and then call other people idiots because they say you pushed.  [/quote]

I am with the OP. If your child enjoys academics and you support them and don't make them do other things because every other kid is playing soccer or on swim team or playing violin, you can take credit for knowing your child. Environment may also mean things like lots of books and music around the house and not as much access to iPhones/screens. I agree that it is much less likely that a family with a 13 year old kid in travel sports gets criticized for pushing too hard - and those kids often get injured permanently or at least burned out.[/quote]

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