Melmichigan,

I live in Texas and yes the public school districts anywhere is a concern. I do know the elementary school she will be going to is an exemplary school, but you bring up some good points that a few weeks ago I would not even consider a concern, but after first realizing that not only is my child above average but possibly in the HG+ she will probably need to jump in grades. She is already going to be one of the youngest in her class since her birthday is in August and the social issues already concerns me and I wonder how other parents of HG+ parents deal with the advancement of their kids and how the kids adjust socially. So am I so stern on public school, at this point I can't be but what is my options, because I am not one for home schooling and don't know of any private schools in my area that focus on the gifted. But I am new to all of this and still stumbling through all of this so maybe by the time my kiddo is 5 I will have it figured out! smile

As for friendships ... competition seems to always be the center of all the conflicts. They see it as competition when you just want to talk it out and possibly bounce ideas off them because when it is your first child it is amazing but mysterious all rolled into one. The other day (before starting this post) I was talking to the mentioned friend who has a soon to be 4 month old daughter and while on the phone with me her DD was cooing and she stated what's that DD did you just say elephant? I think right after she said it she realized what she said. I was in shock, so clearly in this need for competition I was just making all of this up and clearly my DD never said such a thing. I confronted her with are you dishing on my DD? At first it was no, of course not, but knowing she had no where to go she admitted she was. My comment to her was if I made that up how can do you explain how she is today? She just got quiet. It rubbed me the wrong way and the funny thing is I have another friend who has two kids and the oldest is above average, but when she hears the stories of Katelyn she is always in shock and making comparisons to her DS and never resentful of my DD abilities. No competition is a nice thing!