One wonders, though, whether or not such intervention is also directed at stage parents and sports ones. {sigh} I'm guessing not so much, actually.
I know this was a rhetorical question but I'm beginning to wonder if people in general are just as judgmental with stage moms or sports parents but most don't want to come out and say "you cannot live your dream through your child."
When they see an academically advanced child, I don't think the common reaction is, "Oh poor little child, her parents failed to get a tenured professorship so they are trying to live their dream through their child." They probably think they have overzealous parents who need to back off and telling someone to back off is easier than telling someone to give up their dream.
