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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My seven year old DD is bright and precocious. And she loves to be the smartest person in the room. It gets awkward sometimes.

She tries to get praise for how smart she is. 
Example: 
"I always finish my work the first in the class. I don't know why it takes everyone else so long!"

Or point out her accomplishments.
"Did you know I got the second highest score in math?"

"I am reading Macbeth" 
(I am sure she isn't understanding anything. She is advanced, but not that advanced.)

She also corrects adults around her enthusiastically. 
"You spelled that incorrectly."

oh dear. you have to get this under control. My brothers son was this way...it was insufferable, yes even in kindergarten. It is almost always rooted in insecurity and their need to be associated with what they are bragging about, in this case her intelligence. He eventually got professional help when the teacher said it was really affecting his social standing with the classmates, they didn't want to have anything to do with him (this was around 3rd grade) he was in therapy (don't know the details) for nearly a year. He is now in 5th grade, definitely better, has learned some self help "correction" steps which is actively uses. he is still quirky as he is so beyond his classmates, he is going to special school for 6th grade where he will be more in his element.
As his aunt who loves him, I will tell you even in our family, it was hard to be around him.
I worry that she's missing social skills. 
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