Right:

- Rejected grade skips more than once (I was under-sized until 10th grade).
- My mom always thoughtfully answered my questions.
- Provided positive feedback for my academic accomplishments and set appropriately high expectations.
- Put me in football at a young age.

Wrong:

- Perpetuated the myth of the savant (book-smart with no common sense).
- Called me "stupid" every time I made a common, age-appropriate mistake.
- Apart from a Nat Geo subscription and a set of encyclopedias, provided no intellectual enrichment.