I guess my father was trying in his own way to remove us from the muck. Thanks for your comment, helps me forgive him for the hardship.fschmidt wrote:No one with too high an IQ can survive American culture. In a borderline case, one can discourage intellectual development in order to lower IQ so that the child can fit into America. But over the threshold, the child should simply be removed from American culture or they will not survive. I lost 2 friends because of this.
And food for thought on how I raise children.