DW checks out all the books in the library on gifted issues, reads them herself, then turns them over to me. I take time off work every time so we can both be there for school meetings. We have occasional communications issues and we don't agree 100% or take an identical approach, but we try really hard to find common ground on EVERYTHING regarding DD. We made a commitment to presenting a united front and consistency in our interactions with DD when she was a newborn, and it's worked for us this long, so we're not about to change it.
One time DW wasn't feeling well and couldn't make a school meeting, and she was furious with me afterwards, because I didn't push hard enough for her liking. I reminded her than DD's emotional state when she comes home from school is only something I vaguely understand from occasional secondhand reports, where she experiences it every day. DW had the critical information, but she does prefer to let me take the lead as the better public speaker... so together, we make a very effective team. Without her, I was not successful.
