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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being smart is not a liability. It is how you carry yourself. For boys, athleticism often has the most social capital. I have one boy in middle and high school. We live in an area with a well educated population so many parents from top universities. No one is teasing anyone for being smart. The most popular boys are often rich, good looking, athletic and also smart.[/quote]

This is part of the issue - he plays golf and swims, though neither are school sports. His classmates all play football and make fun of him for not doing so.

But we do not live in a highly educated area anymore.[/quote]

My kids best sports are golf and tennis so I get not getting the acknowledgment from the kids because they don’t see how good they are. My boys still throw the football around and play basketball with other boys. From what I have seen over the years, you are either part of the group who basically just run around together whether it was tag in early elementary to soccer, football or basketball during recess, you play or don’t play. I don’t think intelligence matters much.[/quote]

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