On the other hand I don't think I hothouse because I teach my son a little each day. I think "hothouse" would be more like working him just to show him off. I have seen it used a little differently on this forum, used to mean "work with them on a useful skill". I am trying to stay one step ahead of him and I'm giving him an education.
It seems to me "hothousing" is teaching or pushing your kids to do something they may not be developmentally able to handle. Couldn't that also mean the parent who works with his 6 year old on pitching two
hours a day? I absolutely see myself as my children's most important teacher. I have showed my DD2 letters the way my son always loved (writing them on magnadoodle)...but she prefers making her own "words". To me hothousing would be continuing to force her to learn the way her brother did.
Incidental story...how we discovered my son knew his letters: I came home from work to find my dh distraught. He said my ds was obsessing all evening,that dh should draw him an "a#s". It took us a few days to realize he wanted us to draw an "S", much to our relief.
