It's really hard to shelter them successfully once they learn to read. The problem is that HG kids are like sponges and they can acquire content that they have no framework for-- thus the questions. smile

I realize that my approach above sounds rather dry, but it's actually rather like the one that aquinas lays out. The catch is that even many HG kids aren't ready (emotionally) for the answers when they ask those questions.

It's very individual, unfortunately, and either way as parents we tend to guess wrong at least occasionally.

KJP, that definitely made me giggle, too. I was so that kind of kid. blush

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.