I don't think achievement ranking factors in for my family. Some of my family is really accepting and nurturing of Emily and her intelligence and will openly praise her and talk about it with me without making me feel defensive.
Some of my family defends their children to me without me even saying anything to instigate it and this makes it uncomfortable for me because I don't see this as a competition in any way shape or form.
I don't think I am gifted, but I think DH and I are both high achievers and the actual problem I have from being a high achiever who was never recognized as one, is that I had (have) a hard time determining whether or not DD is gifted because for along time, I just assumed every kid was like her and she was normal. When she got into school, I fully realized she was definitely not normal.
Last edited by kelly0523; 05/03/13 05:07 AM.
