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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think there are a lot of people on here who don't understand that nowhere embedded in your original post did you say that you didn't love your child.  I am sure you do.  But as a parent with a similar academic background to yourself I can honestly say I get it.  School was effortless, hell I even enjoyed taking tests because who wouldn't if you could get an A without studying.  When I had my first I had that pang of fear that I wouldn't know how to relate if DS was academically like DH and myself.  I reflected on it and came to the realization that part of that feeling came from the way my parents raised me (in an area similar to DC) where so much of my identity during the school years was tied to my academic success.  I even stressed about it when he got to preschool and wasn't showing clear cut signs of being gifted.  Stupid I know.  I went on to have two more children before he entered K.  During that time I came to accept all of them for their individual personalities.  We have made it through K and DC #1 actually has turned out to be what I originally had hoped.  DC #2, is her own person, beats to her own drummer and likely won't be the same and I have come to realize that is ok too, she is her own person and doesn't need to measure up to my own personal merits.

When it comes down to it, I want you to know I get it.  I totally understand that you still love your son.  His special talents and interests are yet to show themselves.

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