I'm wondering how many of you are in this position and how you have dealt with it:
You've gotten over your OWN gifted denial, you've done the reading and educated yourself, and you know that regular school is not working for your child. You know the importance about providing opportunities to turn gifts into talents. You know the dangers of not providing adequate challenge for your child.....
but your spouse is just NOT on board. S/he denies child is gifted, or, without doing any research on the topic, has bought into all the annoying things we always hear-- dd/ds will "even out" with other kids by grade 3, ds/dd isn't smart because doesn't know math facts well, or doesn't read well (i.e., is not gifted in one of many domains of giftedness)
Or, disagrees with the collective wisdom of the experts about how various ways to nurture the gifted child, for example, is totally against homeschooling/afterschooling/acceleration, thinks summer talent search programs a waste of time, doesn't believe in yearly out-of-level testing, etc., etc.
