It seems like many parents of gifted kids believe the problem of these competitive milestone conversations are just that other kids are behind their kid so they can't comfortably discuss their kid's accomplishments. I'm wondering if anyone has considered that there is another even more uncomfortable place in these conversations and that is for the folks on the other end of the developmental bell curve. We are on both ends of the bell curve and perhaps it takes that experience to really question the entire approach of defining milestones or accomplishments as what makes our children valuable or interesting people worthy of discussion in casual conversation.