One of the reasons I finally felt comfortable making posts here in this forum was when I read a regular poster say they were sick and tired of seeing so many parents bludgeoned with the labels of hothouser, pushy parent, helicopter parent, when describing those who are really just involved parents. �I believe the exact quote was, "regarding the conjugation of hothousing, it goes- I encourage, You push, He/She/It hothouses". �(ROFL) � It does seem to be a sort of a witch hunt.
What bothers me so much about articles like the second one, and it's believers, is that if gifted children are supposed to be both rare and unique then why do So Many strangers have one-size fits all keys for how we should be raising all of them.
Thanks for this opportunity to vent. �
Wren, I love your life. �Travel has been and will continue to be central in our life as well. �Although we have yet to "jump the pond". � Someday ((sigh)). �We did go to a couple places in the Carribian and a few places in Mexico already. �And the boy has been to Disney twice while visiting grandma in Florida. �I'm glad we didn't wait until he was "old enough" too. �I want more of it in our lives, not less. �Awesome.
