I'm hesitant to give DS's age when asked ever since we were at a park and he spelled "that" because I asked him to see if he could. A lady looked at him shocked saying that her 6-7 (?) yr old had spent all week learning that work for a spelling test. Then she asked how old he was. 3 was obviously not the answer she was expecting.
We're homeschooling K right now and I try to respond with grade level instead of age whenever possible. We still get looks, but they are less dramatic. There is a difference between a 4 yr old reading well and a Kindergartener reading well for most people.
This is a big issue for me. At home DS is normal. All of our friends know him and treat him with respect and acceptance. I am fighting tooth and nail to keep him thinking that it is ok and, heaven forbid, normal to be smart. The longer it is before he realizes that our normal might be a bit different from everyone else's normal the better in my opinion.
