[quote=spiritedmama]One other thing about people like that - they tend to be very competitive. The mother "spotted" my son at a homeschool gathering and was very insistent about playdates with her son. She was extremely nice at first (the lure!) but her son kept letting the cat out of the bag. "I know what you're doing for math and I'm going to beat you cos my mother says I'm smarter than you!", he says to my son. Or "I'm smarter than you so I'll be your boss one day!" Not self-created thoughts at 5yo, that's for sure!
Oh you completely know where I am coming from with the family I know. Same thing. For instance. My dd is in a HG school and skipped so her spelling words are pretty tough. My daughter mentioned a couple of her spelling words we were working on that week in front of the mom and her son (year younger than my dd and a Kindergartner.) Right away the mom said "what a great idea it would be for him to learn those too." What do ya know, next morning, the son and Mom come over and BAM - he announces he knows a couple words to spell and proceeds to spell my daughter's spelling words. Unreal!
Very competitive, very high achieving. Her kids have been alienated in the neighborhood and the more years I'm around them I realize the character traits developing in the kids. My dh and I talk about the "better than you attitude" they have seemed to develop. Sort of an "I can do no wrong" sort of thing. It's heartbreaking really. I joke that they are little robots but it's really not a joking matter. So sad.
And yes... I can only dream of my kids ever being so compliant. I guess that's where I see the differences in my kids and hers. My kids would never do all of these things she's asking of her kids without very good reasons why.
