If his mother was anything like mine was I can easily believe she said that. I was always one of the smartest ones in my grade at school but at home I was treated like some kind of retarded moron. My dad wasn't much better. I can only remember one time he remarked about my good grades at school. It felt so weird hearing that from him that I almost had a panic attack. My sisters were treated like princesses while I was treated like some kind of bastard step child...