Not sure whether to point out the word 'gifted' or not yet.
We never used the term "gifted" with my DS until we had to explain it re: programs like EPGY where my son asked what "gifted" meant. My concern was mostly about the term itself, since it seems to have such a bragging stigma attached to it. We have frequently talked with DS about his academic strengths relative to those of his peers as we have dealt with his issues of boredom at school and his inability to understand why his peers can't do or aren't interested in the same things he is. It hasn't created a problem here. DS understands it takes all kinds of people with different strengths and weaknesses to make this world go 'round.
