Originally Posted by Bostonian
Society needs to be more realistic about differences in intelligence and their implications, and clarity rather than obfuscation by the parents of gifted children can spread such realism.

I don't go around telling other parents how beautiful my kid is, either. The goal of social chit-chat is not to enlighten other people to your received truth, regardless of how true it may be.

The uncomfortable and awkward discussions, IME, come up as social chit-chat. I've had some parents take me aside privately and ask for details for reasons related to finding the least-worst placement for their own kids, and I don't find those conversations to be difficult at all. A whole 'nother conversation than, "So, which teacher did your kid have in 2nd grade?" "Um, she didn't have a second grade teacher."