Originally Posted by annette
Originally Posted by master of none
I think she was complimenting you. Her values are that she wants her son to be the best, and your son in her eyes is better. If I were in that conversation, I'd assure her that her son will do just fine because he has the drive, whether or not your son stayed in that program,


That's a good point. Hard to know what her intent was.

The problem being that having the value that you want your child to be the best isn't really a good value to have.

It tends away from pro-social behavior.