Last year, my DC was asked about it point blank and she answered. It happens and kids move on. If you make a big deal about it, they make a big deal about it. Now, my DC who is in a LLIV is interested in what teachers she'll get as we more or less know, barring changes, who will teach her.

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Anonymous wrote:I told DC since close to half the kids historically have been accepted to AAP - knowing the parents, they will tell their kid. I asked my kid not to talk about it but to be aware.

LOL... Half? Math isn't your thing is it?

In some schools, this is true.

I told my child after he got accepted. Before he had not clue about AAP or that he had been accepted into the pool. We spoke about not mentioning it to any friends because some people's feelings might get hurt. He understood, he won't say anything because he does not care one bit about AAP, all he said was "Oh, man, does that mean I'm getting more homework." LOL

Some kids know about it, talk about it and even ask others about it, especially those with an older sibling in AAP.

kids at my school are talking. we told our dd to not say anything unless directly asked and she came home with a (short) list of in and out names.

We told our child that he had this opportunity and we would decide if it was a good fit for him...he is pretty naive and I got the impression there is not a lot of chatter about AAP in his class (which is a center so we do not have to decide whether to move schools). The teacher told kids not to talk about AAP and I think that is best. Kids should be focusing on 4th Q. Kinda wish we said nothing about "opportunity" to kid.

Anonymous wrote:I told DC since close to half the kids historically have been accepted to AAP - knowing the parents, they will tell their kid. I asked my kid not to talk about it but to be aware.

LOL... Half? Math isn't your thing is it?

Sure, we tell them, we try to be honest with them and of course kids talk. Orientation is Monday so I don't know what the wait people are waiting for.

I told DC since close to half the kids historically have been accepted to AAP - knowing the parents, they will tell their kid. I asked my kid not to talk about it but to be aware.

My kid doesn't know yet, hasn't asked, and has never mentioned AAP to me before. Like the above poster, if there wasn't an orientation, I wouldn't mention anything - probably ever.

Kids in certain communities will definitely be talking about it as that is the focus of their families.

Yes, the kids talk. We didn't tell our DD and she got very upset thinking she hadn't gotten in, so we ended up telling her.

But kids and their friends will or won't get into all sorts of things, so this is just one more thing.

Why are you telling your child now? We're not planning to tell until just before orientation. No purpose--other than bragging rights--before then. If we didn't think our DC might benefit from attending the orientation, it would be much further down the road.

Oh, they'll tell. And they'll tell their now (or future) siblings, "I'm the smart one". Yeah, good luck with that.

Parents often have no idea what they have put in place.

Do you think kids will be openly talking about getting into AAP? DS got in and asked if he could tell his class buddies.I told him not to, that it might make others feel bad, but then I started wondering if kids are even thinking about it.