It's sad how insecure people are. My eldest is gifted, and it's quite obvious to strangers at, say, the playground Then when they see my baby (who is 11 months old, but as big and tall as a two year old) "struggling" to do two year old activities, they are so quick to offer me their patronising sympathy. Their reaction when I tell then his actual age is both humorous and terribly sad.
Some people ask questions about how I have raised them, or what I ate during pregnancy, and are genuinely interested; others, not so much. I find it sad because their jealousy of your child just shows their own disappointment in their own child.
