I think that the parents who read a little bitterness from some HG kids parents are right. I have stood by while parents (and occasionally children) have made snide comments about DD many times,and over time I have developed some resentment. For instance DD read a book to teach herself how to play chess (she is in 1st grade and I don't play)and we went to a local play group. DD won the little round robin tournament that they had and she had been playing for a week. Parent after parent had to tell me that their child was in our local tag program (like I care) and wanted to know if DD was. Another parent told me that DD got lucky when she beat her child because she had been playing for several years. Honestly, it was intermediate (at best) chess. Bobby Fischer was not in the room;). There is something about HG children that brings out the claws in tiger moms (and the kids as well) and as a parent it can be easy to become resentful because it gets old.