Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Aargh! Only because we worked with her

This reminds me of a conversation I once had with a friend back when I didn't have a kid of my own yet. I have a friend who came here from another country and she was telling about how well her children do in school and how they study hard and I remember for some reason explaining that in the US people think you are supposed to do well in school but not study or try. She didn't get it and neither do I but people really do seem to believe this.

Today someone asked me if my child knows any colors and said yes, she knows them all and since the person asking didn't have kids and she shouldn't feel like we are competing against each other, I mentioned a few of the other academic types of things she knows and was told "Wow, you must *work* with her a lot!". I didn't even know what I should say. We have fridge magnets, books, we count things. I guess that's working? I know she didn't mean anything by it but it did make me momentarily insecure. I never feel like teaching things is working, I just think of it as interacting with each other.