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[quote=Anonymous][quote] I have to be honest. I think if my son said this to me I would cry. And then I would yell. And then my son would cry and say he was sorry and it would all be over. But then again I have never and would never tell my kids they are "gifted." You say it like it's his blood type or his eye color. It's some damn IQ test he took one day in his life that you have allowed him to think makes him a superior human. God I wish that stupid g-word would go away. As if it's more important to solve little mental puzzles than to be a decent human. [/quote]

+1.  I would cry upon the realization that I had raised an entitled douche.  Is your DH also kind of a douche, or just DS's private school friend group?  Obviously, it's unacceptable to say this to a parent, but something clearly went wrong for him to even [i]think[/i] like this. At 14, it might be possible to turn him around.  Being gifted has nothing to do with anything.

I would be perfectly happy if either of my kids (son or daughter) wanted to be a nurse, btw.  I would leave him alone about his schoolwork and let him see how his laziness works out for him. Maybe if he has to go to a school with the word "State" in it, it will not him down a few pegs. [/quote]

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