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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid knows people have all different strengths and weaknesses. I don't feel a need to hide from her where she has native talents. I also don't feel a need to hide from her where she has natural deficits.

A kid who is an ace soccer player is going to know she's an ace soccer player. She should still demonstrate humility and be able to interact with mere human soccer players (and understand that native talents only get you so far, hard work is still a requirement). Academic strengths are no different.[/quote]

I totally disagree.  Soccer talent is overt, so it is easily seen by others.  Intelligence is like wealth.  It shouldn't be openly discussed with others unless you're crass.[/quote]

Many kinds of intelligence, like many kinds of wealth, are also easily observed by people. A kid who never plays soccer could be an ace soccer player and no one knows. A kid who is brilliant but only exhibits that in the shed behind her house can mask her brilliance. But my child notices that Larla is an amazing soccer player. And she notices that Larlo always gets his drawings picked for the student art show, and that Larli is not only published regularly in the little literary magazine the elementary school has but also has won external competitions.

I'm not about to pretend that Larla, Larlo, and Larli don't have particular talents, and I would hope their parents also recognize those talents and celebrate the hard work the children use to grow them.[/quote]

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