Reading these posts reminds me of a really wise thing a mom said to me - "I never allow publisity about a child of mine's talents, only about their actual accomplishments."
Isn't this a great guideline? Afterall, we are trying to send the message that they have to develop their talents into something that enriches the world.
Another guideline I've heard is to only allow publisity if the thing they have produced would be newsworthy independent of their age. So if what makes the accomplishment interesting is solely that they are "only 14" or "only 7" then many parents I know would skip the offer.
As you can see Kristine, I'm pretty discouraging about media. As parents we have to look at the big picture. But I will offer this encouragement. Where ever you live, there are "1 out of 100" children and "1 out of 1000" children. So the child you are looking for is probably on you city block, or your place of worship, or the kids of your classmates. If you have a personel connection with the family, you have a much better chance of gettting a "yes." Or you can just go down to your local high school and ask if any children "bus over" from the middle school for Math, or other courses.
To be honest, I think that the interesting story is the story of the school staff who have moved heaven and earth to better accomidate individual students. Better yet if you can find any staff who helped children with behavior problems in elementary school find peace and good behavior through gradeskips.
Best Wishes,
Trinity
