smart

Smart is a relative term. There is book smart and common sense smart. No matter what your child turns out to be, they are a product of you, and you should be proud of them. In modern family, the older daughter is the pretty, popular one. The middle daughter is the smart one. And the son, well he is just goofy. Anyways, the older daughter is studying one afternoon and the father is at his last straw trying to help her, so Luke, the brother says he will help her. He asks her a question and she doesn't answer, so he sprays her with a supersoaker. It works.
The middle daughter is the opposite, her parents have to force her to take a break because she would study all of the time. She gets the second highest grade in her class and makes a comment about her parents lack of intelligence. Her parents turn this insult around and compliment themselves, saying even thought they are not doctors or professors, they made this genius child.
Anyways, "you get what you get and you don't get upset." A good motto for most situations... you do not choose your family, they are given to you. You can also use this for kids when they are refusing to eat anything but mac n cheese. Picky eaters are made picky by their parents.