And don't forget that asynchronous development really helps in the GT denial area. When I picked up DS4 from preschool the other day, we had major issues because the kids got "kisses" (hand stamps) on their hands after reading The Kissing Hand. DS4 can't stand having anything like temp tattoos or markers or anything on his skin. I was surprised he let the teacher do it at all. (He agreed after she showed him the "washable" label on the stamper, as long as he could wash it off as soon as I saw it.) Well, he went immediately to the bathroom to wash it off when I saw it, and of course got his shirt cuff wet - the other thing he hates hates hates is wet clothes touching his skin. Screams. And this is the kid who tested HG+?
I also remember sitting in the waiting room while DS was taking his SB-V, wondering if I was a complete idiot - perhaps he was just bright, and not gifted? I think most of us went through this.
