Nope, nope, not the nauseating perfect parent, but definitely a blessed parent with a great kid for whom so much in life seemed to go so well- thinking Yale admit, state BBall champs, great merit awards, etc- oh, and nice goat-raiser, too! My D2 is that way, even her sisters think everything comes easily to her, I had friends who would have been very annoyed by certain never-ending accolades D2 received, had we not been friends...since they knew her & liked her, they could not hold a grudge, but she did "seem" to look so perfect and be seen that way by HS coaches & teachers and got so much recognition at times.
Curm, you are the parent of the "nice" perfect kid, the parent we all love...of course a great sense of humour and self-deprecation never hurts on that front!!!! I promise, you are not the one we love to hate
What I really mean when I say perfect, is that when a readers kid is dealing with a multitude of challenges, it is easy to read that every one else's kid seems to have a perfect life and that only you are suffering through the frustrations of HS/college "stuff."