When DS6 was 4, I gently nudged DS's Montessori preschool for weeks--months, actually--to skip all the pre-reading activities because he was reading books quite well, but they just smiled sweetly and totally ignored me. Then we had our parent-teacher conference in January and DH came with me. He was much better about INSISTING that they hear us instead of blowing us off, and changes were finally made.

In my experience, schools do listen to men better than women. How you use that to your advantage is, I think, dependent upon the husband and the school.

I see no problem with educating your DH about your child. He sounds like he's in GT denial, and bringing him out of it is probably a good idea, if for no other reason than you really do need someone else in your life who gets what you're dealing with. How he deals with your child is up to him, but how he deals with YOU is at least partly your call!

Good luck with the articles!


Kriston