Talk:Edd/@comment-207.166.7.200-20130528182621/@comment-3242362-20130604003648

You make some good points, but I actually see more problems because of the sticky notes and chores. You ever notice how Edd tries to be completely perfect? How he spends his free time studying and trying to be the best at everything?

It seems to me that he just wants his parents to pay attention and, if he can't get affirmation from them that he's good, he takes it from others. For example, in Too Smart for His Own Ed, you see him almost cry when he comes in 2nd–2nd!–in the spelling bee. To me, it seems like he really just wants his parents to notice him, so he tries his best to just be the smartest kid he can be, because that's what he thinks his parents want. This could be well founded, as I believe I read somewhere both of them are doctors. If all this is indeed the case, Edd is being neglected, and this is quite possibly harming him mentally.

Of course, this doesn't say that he's not getting off easier than his friends. Eddy, of course, has his brother and his quite possibly somewhat distracted parents, whereas Ed has to deal with a demonic sister and a mother who is only too glad to take Sarah's word about Ed's wrongdoings, be they real or imagined.