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Our second grade cub scouts (wolf den) was to bring their collections in to show and talk about to the group. Ds has pokemon cards, baseball cards foot ball cards and legos like most other boys his age. He decided he wanted to bring his book collection to show off.

...You take the batteries out of your TV remote to power a set of snap circuits.

You listen to your kids attempting to set up a house government between themselves. They vote for a dictatorship because they all want to be the dictator. So, the two gifted ones immediately start scheming to position themselves as the dictator.

when you have missed a couple of days on this forum and realize that you really need to come back just to stay ahead of your dd9's next obsession. She is now into Dr. Who, glad I had a warning from people here or I wouldn't have had a clue what to watch for.

Waiting for the 23rd now, aren't you?

...when a random "Helping Parent" (whom you've never met before) at an after-school club asks you if you've considered having your child skip a grade...

When your kids assign themselves code names on a public playground and invent an entire magical universe, seemingly oblivious to all other kids and parents there.

when your *just* 5 year old child chooses an animal to be in swimming class using it's full and common names, and gives random facts about said animal (including endangered status and gestational period) before committing to swimming like said animal.

When your 2 year old mixes in "I can't do it" with words like actually, contrary, outdated and urchin.

When your 6 year old lectures extended adult relatives on genetic selection and the origins of the study of Genetics after hearing them say "she looks just like her mother". (AND you never realised they knew that stuff!!)

Oh the word "actually!" I am really beginning to hate that word.

when you get an e-mail from your child's teacher and you have know idea which way it's going to go. It could be a good one or it could be a bad one. And your child's mood before and after school is never a clue on how the day actually went.

Yes I know it's old news... but - what is this? An App or a game etc? I cannot find anything other than "stack the states" and I'd rather my child learn countries than US states... cause we don't live in the US

Actually is a 4-letter word when followed by "not" or "isn't".