[DocRock]

Then there is the child's perspective, also. Some children come home crying every day because the other children pick on them. My daughter had problems with the "cool" kids picking on her every day. Every day my child cried for not fitting into the "cliques", the taunts, the whispers and snickers as she passed. What was her crime? It was being smart.

Now she has friends and they have a blast doing what they enjoy... academics. This has nothing to do with being an underage misfit among older students, ego or being "under-parented". It has everything to do with my child's happiness.