I strongly suspect that most people who enjoyed HPMOR had parents who strongly encouraged them to learn as much as possible.
There’s an important difference between “strongly encouraged to learn as much as possible because the parents believe knowledge is an important good” and “strongly encouraged to learn as much as possible in order for the child to become a machine that generates ego- and status-boosts for the parents”—the form arising from “having a narcissistic parent who seeks validation through the child’s academic achievements.”
There’s an important difference between “strongly encouraged to learn as much as possible because the parents believe knowledge is an important good” and “strongly encouraged to learn as much as possible in order for the child to become a machine that generates ego- and status-boosts for the parents”—the form arising from “having a narcissistic parent who seeks validation through the child’s academic achievements.”
Good point—that is an important difference, and I’m glad many readers were in the former group.