6 Reasons It's Amazing to Be the Parent of a Geeky Kid

It only takes one child meeting another child who has a mutual interest in the same story or characters to change their world. Oftentimes, it blossoms into larger groups of friends as two kids welcome a third and continue inviting more. "Because the beautiful, bittersweet truth is that many kids who have known loneliness learn empathy, compassion, gratitude, and they are much more likely to invite that kid to join them in their revelry because they remember what it feels like," Lupescu said. "Soon there’s a small expedition on bikes heading down to the comic book shop or an improvised Star Wars reenactment started on the playground."