The gift of giftedness is stressful! I'll never forget the backhanded complement I got from an "experienced" mother of three, who overcame her jealousy to offer support. Her youngest is DS9's age. Back then the kids were age 5, and she had to put up with a lot of DS9 stories from her family members. One time, when we were together at a 4 hour event, she said: "I always hear, 'X____ this and X_____ that,' but you know what? Your kid is a handful!"
Up till then I was in total denial about his giftedness, and just thought I was "a bad mom." What a relief! LOL ((big grin))
Trin
