To think it’s unusual to have a below average child if…

[Kegas]

Their parents are high achievers? I know I shouldn’t feel disappointed but I do. Me and DH are very high achievers. From school and now well into our careers. I sort of assumed our child would be even better than that, but they’re very much not. AIBU to have expected differently?

I wonder how ‘Bella’ is now, I’d like the author to do a follow up!

I work in reception.
Out of a class of 30, only 9 parents read with their child or do the homework.
Only 4 of those children's parents go the extra mile and do extra learning.
It does make a big difference because teachers only read with your child once every few months and you'll be lucky if a Y.A gets around to reading monthly with them for 3 or 4 pages. Every week, we will teach something but we live on quickly and often before they pick it up. But we do find the parents who are drs etc drop their children off for breakfast club and pick them up at 6pm from after school club, but are usually too tired and busy to do the work with their kids so often the children from this type of family do fall behind.

Why do you think they are entitled to be high achievers just because you & your husband were?

You should be ashamed of yourself to think this let alone write about it. I imagine most readers were thinking 16 not 6.

I'd back down now before you cause real damage.