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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents here excelled as kids and while in college so why is it a surprise to find the best and brightest raising their kids to be the best and brightest.[/quote]
The author argues that because you don’t need to create this pressure cooker environment to raise the “best and brightest.”[/quote]

Yeah, as someone raised in the DMV, now raising my kids in a smaller, way more laid back area, the idea that you all are the arbiters of “best and brightest” is laughable to me.[/quote]

Smug and bright are very different. [/quote]

This is a high achieving, wealthy area. That is a fact. Please do share your current state and county, and we can compare actual statistics and not just your personal opinion. [/quote]

There are much wealthier and higher achieving areas though. Going by your logic, you should be worrying about Silicon Valley/Manhattan/Hollywood kids trumping your DC kids who have the boy your fed resources to give them an edge in life.[/quote]

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