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wasn’t even competitive at school.
Though very bright, he was a B student.
He could have done better, but preferred
to focus on his hobbies, especially
building model cars. He had a
few close friends, but was never in the
thick of classroom social life. Unable to
account for his puzzling behavior,
Ethan’s parents thought he might be
depressed.
But Ethan’s problem, says Dr. Miller,
was not depression but a classic case of
poor “parent-child fit.” Ethan was tall,
skinny, and unathletic; he looked like a
stereotypical nerd. His parents were sociable,
assertive people, who were “always
smiling, always talking to people
while dragging Ethan along behind
them.”
Compare their worries about Ethan
to Dr. Miller’s assessment: “He was like
the classic Harry Potter kid—he was
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