In reading your post Samson....it occured to me how often we get our priorities all wrong. We fight for the frills and forget the basic principles.
It reminds me of parents who will spend hundreds of dollars on toddler learning toys (which is fine) but neglect to spend the time with the child themselves. The mindset is....if my child is smart and does well in school.....I'm a great parent. They never consider maybe the kid wanted to play in the mud with Dad or bake cookies with Mom. It's easier to blame the school system for the child's dysfunction or failure.
Or perhaps I'm just going off on a tangent....because it is a pet peeve of mine...and has often been my own weakness as a parent. A child in gifted does not not make a person a good parent.....a happy child is the result of a good parent. My children are in gifted.....but not always happy.
