This post is really a vent. Yesterday we had a homeschool board game day, and the adults were discussing games for young children. One mom shared that her kids were SO into games that they'd worn out Monopoly Junior and Scrabble junior. I have never had much use for the junior version of games, and my kids have been able to play the regular version of Monopoly from age 4, if not earlier. I never really thought about it as a gifted thing- I just have long held the impression that the junior versions are dull and way inferior to the real games. I mentioned that I/my kids didn't like the junior versions of most games. The other mom went off about how her kids were game FREAKS from a very early age, and proudly declared that even her four year old was playing games now. She was bragging, no doubt about it. She was very loud and had the attention of a whole table of parents.
I found myself unable to answer without making one of us look bad. So I said nothing. This is sticking in my mind and I am wondering how I might have explained without looking like I was bragging or putting her kids down.
