Here's where I think the writer does not get a pass: She coached her kid intensively for an IQ test. She gamed the system. But this is not one of the things that gets a self-mocking "How stupid am I?" from the writer. It's pretty clear at the end of the article that she feels relieved and vindicated that her kid is labeled "gifted," and that she believes the tester who tells her that her kid is very smart.
Absolutely no self-insight here, which is supposed to be one of the hallmarks of this genre of breezy writing.
I finally got around to reading the article last night (damn you, corporate firewalls!!!), and I do not share this interpretation. The problem that jumped out at me was how she was overly identified with her daughter, to the point where she was describing her with the royal "we." At the end of the article, she acknowledges that her daughter is a separate person with her own identity. It would seem that she saw the same problem I did.
