this was not meant to make anyone sad. . Because my fsmily was Scandinavian-German-Lutheran living in Minnesota - a "pretty good" was fairly high praise.
They did not go out of their way to put us down, but we had to do more than show up to earn praise.
I was just wondering if other families had subtle ways of letting one know how one did .
My stepdad slways wanted me to do better than another girl in my class. not quite sure why that should have mattered - we were talented in different ways.