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Your scorn for good manners, good behavior, and trying hard don't bode well. Believe me, your daughter picks up on this.

You need an attitude adjustment, and to dial back your justifications about why your child isn't doing as well as her friend. [/quote]

That's right.  I never emphasized on that with DD.  Because I don't believe[b] "yes, mam" and obidient behavior are that important[/b].  I believe that what's more important is individuality, curiosity, creativity, imagination.

But my DD gets stickers for good behavior, not for thinking outside the box or being curious.[/quote]

OK, then.  In general, you get what you pay for so I would recommend valuing these rather ordinary things.  You have a rather narrow definition of what it means to be polite.  Part of the behavior they try to teach in kindergarten is as follows: "behave as if there are other people in the room who are just as important as you."  This is a new thing to many kindergarteners.

Al the things you prize... individuality etc... often best done in a group setting, which means interacting with people in a respectful way.  And, creativity without skill training (in whatever the skill is - art, music, lacrosse, doesn't matter) isn't worth much.  Acquiring those skills occurs most effectively when one interacts with people in a respectful way.

Your child is probably a lovely little girl.  She is probably fairly ordinary, as most of our children are.  Cherish her gifts, but don't scorn everything else.
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