Well, maybe I am projecting my own stuff around the things that piss me off, but I am human. I grew up in a super competitive academic type community and while I swore I wouldn't do that to my kids, in the end I wanted them to have the same great public education I had . Yes, I turned into my parents, I guess. But, the bragging insufferable parents really exist in all walks of life. Too many people live their lives through their children; while I love mine, I tried to see them as real people, with flaws as all people have. So when I hear people constantly droning on and on about their kids, I just think, gee, what is missing in their lives?