My son has been reading for a long time, since he was around 2.5, so most everyone knew he was "ahead." Not because we bragged about him, just because he is one of those, "read everything I see out loud" kind of kid. My ILs had 4 gifted boys, I would say they are MG or HG, My DH is probably HG, so when it comes to my EG son, they thought for while that I worked with him, and that's why he seemed smarter than their kids. When we had him tested for early entrance to K, they thought we were being pushy, but once we found out his results, they started to get it a little bit. I'm sure they still think a lot of it is hot housing, but they won't say that out loud anymore. (I have 11 month old twins in addition to my 4 y/o, I barely have time to pee, let alone spend hours a day flash carding my kid to death!)
My parents had mostly ND kids, my brother and I are MG, so my DS seemed like a little rocket scientist to them. LOL.
