Originally Posted by Mana
Originally Posted by jack'smom
BUT he hated being around the other kids and their parents, who were freakishly, bizarrely competitive and often jerks...

This rings so true to me and my DD is only 5!

This has been roughly the story of DD's life in a lot of different extracurriculars, actually. frown It's exactly what comes of living in a place like the one described in the OP, or in Palo Alto, etc. There are a distressing number of such places in the United States now.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.