Usually they arequiet in class. Don't stick out. Garrison Keillor had it right describing the children of Lake Wobegon. They are above average. Though sometimes a little dull.
Jewish mothers call totheir babies through the gritted teeth of intense love.
Having been inthe spotlight so prominently all through childhood, no wonder there areso many Jews in show business. My daughter is a midwesterner, but she was brought up by a motherwhose parenting style was genetically determined by women from Bialystokto the Bronx to Boca Raton. Women whose advice and opinions had thesignificance of Supreme Court decisions. Women who believed inaggressive nurturing. You can criticize this kind of mothering, I suppose.