How did you tell your child about the AAP result?
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Anonymous
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Positive, negative, local, center.. Please share your advice on how to handle these tough conversations with really young kids.
Our child doesn't know what AAP is and has no idea we applied. We got a positive decision today, and I want to keep my child grounded and humble about it. I can't stand bratty behavior. I really hope that DC's friendships will continue no matter which class kids end up in. |
Anonymous
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What to brag about AAP? Odd question you have there - means you think there’s something to brag about.
Just tell your child that “you’ve been selected”, and move on. Unless you want to make a sign saying “going to aap 2026” and post in front of your lawn. |
Anonymous
| I explain that AAP is for kids who want an extra challenge and are ready for that challenge now. I explain there are kids who are smart who aren’t in AAP and they may not want the extra challenge now. From my experience with my older child, I haven’t met kids who act superior than non AAP kids. My kid and her AAP classmates have close friends who aren’t in AAP. |
Anonymous
| Superiority literally never came up with our kids. Plenty of kids thrive in multiple spaces, regardless of AAP. We describe it as matching the right learning environment and pace for different people's needs but also how families consider best fit for bus schedules/logistics/etc when they decide about applying for and deciding what to do. |
Anonymous
Small kids brag about weird things and have all sorts of weird conversations between themselves etc. not unreasonable to try to set the right tone. |
Anonymous
| We just told him we’re going to check out another school (the center) and he might go there next year but we’ll discuss as a family. |
Anonymous
| I just told him that he is in. That is it. Do not make a big deal of it. But he is sad, cuz he wants to stay at the current school. |
Anonymous
| His teacher told him last Friday already before he got home. And he knew which friends also got in… |
Anonymous
| Wtf? It’s not a Harvard admission. |
Anonymous
Who says it is? Op just asks how to explain what it is to a child. |
Anonymous
Making AAP is not a big enough deal to make a big deal of. NOT making AAP is a big deal. |
Anonymous
If you’re already at a center and DC doesn’t know it exists, then don’t bother saying anything. Worked just fine w my first. You don’t make a big deal out of it by… not making it a big deal. |
Anonymous
+1. What is the OP even trying to get at? You’re the parent. You get to decide if you’re going to make it a big deal, not the child! |
Anonymous
| We had a bed party. |
Anonymous
| We’re doing an AAP reveal party. Still deciding between doing a cake or balloons in a box for the reveal. |