Anonymous wrote:Another parent who received a rejection letter today. Wondering how others plan to share the news with the kids. We haven't focused much attention on this at all, but we did talk about what the testing was for back when it happened. And he was really excited about the possibility, so I anticipate he will be disappointed. Just struggling with finding the right messaging.
"There are a very limited number of spots, which means they can't take everyone, which means a lot of very smart kids also didn't get in."
Kids are really resilient. If he's disappointed by the news (and he may have forgotten all about it), he'll likely be over it by dinner time.
However, if some of his close friends got in, that might be a little tougher. But he'll get over that, too.