...when the gifted teacher tells you to start thinking about middle school now (your child is in third grade) because she's pretty sure there's nothing in your major metropolitan area that is appropriate for your child. (And she's right.)

...when you spend part of the day discussing the junior college with your 12 year old daughter, and another part reminding her to put her (neatly-lined-up) stuffed animals away.

...when the same child is excited about taking human anatomy and physiology as her science this year, and is just fine with dissection, but wants to skip "the gross parts", a.k.a. human reproduction.

...when your other 12yo's weird behavior is nothing pathological, just his adaptation to life with the rest of the family.

Last edited by eldertree; 06/06/10 11:36 AM.
"I love it when you two impersonate earthlings."