I'm quite impressed that you are still winning! I am not good at chess and I don't even enjoy it that much, but I do find the game interesting in theory. I just read "Searching for Bobby Fisher" in the last month, and it was interesting. I no longer play with my DS6 because he offered me a spot recently. He still plays his father where dad has to give up a bishop or knight, but with me, he offered to play without a rook so it would be a more interesting game for him.
I confess to being completely humiliated . . . if DH isn't around, I make him play with his brother now.
Ah - HA! Moment Alert!
the best, best thing you can do for your dd, is to get over your humiliation v. your son/chess/rook. You have to be the kind of person you want to raise, and I know you want to raise your daughter to be someone who accepts her stengths and weaknesses and plows on ahead, being part of the fun.....do you see the connection here?
While I believe that subject acceleration can work, and know a living breating wildly PG boy who hasn't had a single gradeskip, only he only spends PE and health with his agemates, doing High School in Middle School and University (not CC) since his single digit years, I do tend to agree with your husband about the elaborate sham. I didn't know how to say it, until I read the chess entry on the other thread! Bingo! When you can play hard, and lose, on an uneven field, against DS you will be well on your way to 'holding the mirror' for DD and letting her see something beautiful.
I see such beauty when I look at you, dear J!
Trinity
