she’s always trying to squeeze something educational for them out of every moment, interrupting the conversation to check her kids are taking it all in and benefiting from this learning opportunity in some way, the fact that it makes me so self-conscious, the fact that she makes you feel like you have to put on an act, because she is, the fact that she turns every get-together into a kind of seminar for them, and yes, they’re smart, they’re doing well and all, so I guess it’s paying off, her obsessiveness, possessiveness, the fact that I think giving your kids a head start is all very well,
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hard relate
