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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]99.99% of kids who thought they were the brightest get to high school or college, or graduate school, or the workforce and find out they aren't. It's part of growing up[/quote]

OP here and totally agree. I've told her this. Right now her world is small, it doesn't sink in. I don't even think she really wants the life that goes with being that specific kind of academic achiever. Right now all she sees is the attention and the kind of "glow" these kids have around them. She doesn't understand this glow will go away as soon as these kids are out of this environment and in places where there are a lot more kids just like them (and also that she could get that glow too, in the right college program or job that suits her interests and strengths well).[/quote]

Tell her this and continue to tell her to run her own race. This self doubt is normal and the result of the normal comparisons she is doing. Remind her she is smart and amazing for who she is, also keep encouraging her to work hard and explore her passions. If she wants to do more let her do it too. Your family may not be super intense but maybe she is more intense than you think. Her race is not your race. [/quote]

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