The person who wrote my son's DYS recommendation is his religious school teacher. She is on the younger side and is generally super bubbly. When DS was accepted, I sent her an email letting her know the news. It didn't occur to me that she would be walking around telling the entire community the news! This is really NOT what I wanted to happen. I feel uncomfortable now when people approach me (not so much to congratulate us but to ask, "what is it that he was accepted into?") Has anyone else been in this position? I'm so uncomfortable answering people's questions.
Also, there a few people in our community who also attend my son's school. I REALLY REALLY don't want the news spread among families there (we go to a school where there are a lot of "those" parents). The staff at the school is very hostile to giftedness - I will have enough trouble when our DYS consultant starts working with them!
How did news spread about your DYS? How did you handle it? (I actually googled this and found that some people put their child's DYS acceptance in the local paper!)
