I'm also familiar with groups which have at times offered games/activities for gifted kids while parents meet, however these groups face a variety of issues (displeasure when the games/activities do not cater to the interests of a specific family's child/ren... parent-desired level of qualifications of those interacting with the children... 2e issues... discipline... insurance). Unfortunately some parents choose the role of evaluating these groups as compared with other "gifted services," rather than appreciating the benefits of active participation in a local grassroots parent group.
It probably helps our case that we're pretty much the ONLY "gifted services" around so it isn't like they have options. The activities we do aren't going to be every child's favourite but they do fill a niche that isn't offered anywhere else and we've accepted that we can't be everything to everyone. We find that teachers and school boards are pretty receptive to advertising activities for children where they might not be as receptive to advertising our "how to deal with your uncooperative school/teacher" advocacy education events
We do have families that only do the children's activities and never get further involved and that is ok. Others sign their kid up and then find support from the parent activities and become more and more involved over time.
