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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being smart is never a liability. It is how well you get along with others.

I have a very smart athletic introvert. He is humble and never brags about anything. He has always had a great group of smart friends.

BIL was valedictorian of his school and then graduated top of his class for undergrad and med school. He is and has alway been a know it all and socially awkward. I don’t think he has a lot of friends. Even to his nieces and nephews, he has an obnoxious know it all attitude. DH always tells him to tone it down. BIL is smart, attractive and earns millions and can’t seem to date well either.

My point is your child being smart should never be a liability. I was a shy smart kid. I never had problems making friends. I ended up at Harvard. I’m not sure I come off smart. I have always downplayed how smart I was.[/quote]

Your BIL is your BIL and your bizarre vignette and the fact that you attended Harvard (do you include this nugget in everything you post?) has nothing to do with this discussion or the absolutely ridiculous ways middle schoolers treat each other.

I'm so sick of parents on here who always blame the kid being teased and intimate they must be in some way deserving of the bad treatment. NO ONE deserves to be treated poorly, not even socially awkward kids, and in middle school, kids get on each other about everything.[/quote]

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