<nodding> I could have written ColinsMum's post.
This is quite literally the only place that I've ever been able to honestly discuss my DD (now nearly 12).
I tend to feel the need to tack on weaknesses whenever I mention an accomplishment, otherwise. I hate myself for doing it, but it is the only way to make it acceptible enough
Absolutely!! I do that too, not as much anymore, once I realized DS could hear me. Unfortunately it just means I am quiet now, or I slip and say something inadvertently and then hate that look, I then gloss over it, keep talking!!
My favorite part about this place is that there is relatively little judgement either way - from those with over the top kids or not - about your kids level. People here might disagree about parenting but no one ever dismisses evaluations of the kids as being about something else. And I agree with so many of the posts about not fitting in on other sites. Although I also went through the OMG my kid isn't like that do I even
belong here, but what was awesome is that there is range here, my kid is not obviously mathy yet, but is very verbal, and is super sciency. You never hear about
that kind of giftedness anywhere else. I sometimes find myself questioning how bright is he, but i find that i usually do that when I am struggling with something else, or picking up something from DS, some mom radar ping and I start judging what I see, as if the LOG is at the root of it, and sometimes it is, like when he is advancing a level and needs different books but can't express it because he doesn't really realize it. Or when he is having social issues at school.
But at pre-k it's pretty clear to me how different he is, but I doubt anyone else beyond the director really gets how different he is. and that's when I wish this place wasn't so virtual.
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