I totally hear your frustration. You are not alone. I am sure most of the people on the board get the same thing. Most people just don't understand our children. They cannot imagine these young children knowing what they know and learning it by themselves. If I didn't have a gifted child would I understand , eh probably not. Peoples reaction is that we have to be pushing and drilling our children. People can't believe a child WANTS to do this stuff. My DS6 was home w/Strep throat and WANTED to do his workbook and did alomst 200 pages. How can you push a child to do that. Meanwhile I can't get the same child to get ready for bed. Now that is a struggle LOL!