I was thinking more about the education definition of "special education needs",because school is a large chunk of your life, not what to tell the neighbors. I wouldn't try to get sympathy from the neighbors for having a gifted kid. That's silly.
Although your mention that someone online could "make an example" of your mommy blog has had me thinking for days. I don't want to be made an example of. But it seems like so many moms have mommy blogs. I'm probably going to quit thinking about it soon. The thought has got some airtime in my head. The Well Trained Mind forum has so many moms that have a blog. Hopefully that ping pong ball will pop out of my ear soon because I'm tired of watching it go back and forth.
Re-reading to find out how this thread got from there to here. @colinsmum, googled it,-that's those people's own immediate families. Will read more tomorrow. Now I want to know how this thread got from there to here.

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