to get v. bored with people telling me what a genius their child is?

[emkana]

I know a few mums in my dd's class who are very fond of telling me how brilliant their child is, and I find it v. tedious. Yes by all means say your child is doing well and I will say how pleased I am for you. But then to go on and on... what can I say to that other than "that's great, really pleased for you" over and over?

mine is

lol emkana...do you think those people mihgt have somehting to prove?

YABU! And by the way my ds can spin plates while reciting the 12 times tables and he is only 3! Are you pleased for me?

Agree with 3, some people seem to have a lot to prove.

do they use the word "advarrrrnced"?
ignore them and change the subject
it really is very tiresome

although obviously, my DS is very advarrrrrrrrrnced, but i don't like to boast
yawn

Actually I think my DDs are of very average intelligence, but that's just me

we've started calling DS "touching the void"
partly because he's obsessed with climbing, partly because we fear that's what's between his ears!
he's a bit of a space cadet

LOL Mini!

I'm so glad I live in Somerset. The only things that matter down here are rean jumping, cow pat hurling, and being able to recognise different brands of scrumpy whilst blind-folded.

My son is shit at all of them.

Oh, don't ask, Kerry. It's all a bit red-neck down here

desi

I had a friend who was always banging on about what level reading book her child was on and probing me for details as to what level mine was on. It's fair to say her child's genius has 'plateaued' (for that read, the child may be a prolific reader but that is the sum total of its talents)
My dyslexic child who has the writing and spelling of a 6 year old, trumped her child in all the SATS....

Needless to say, I kept my mouth shut (but I can say it on here )

My other ds1 has all the makings of a rugby club member (a fondness for lewd songs and the dropping of trousers at public gatherings)
He's very gifted at it

My new puppy is a genius. He is.

My favourite is when they wrinkle their brows histrionically and tell me how concerned they are that their child may be gifted.

well that's the schools fault. They bandy these terms about, about though they mean something, and then people think it must 'mean' something.

Perhaps.

I was in a coffee shop the other day listening to these women on the table beside me going on and on about their children's reading in reception. One of them was worried, one was complacent, the other making an effort to be modest. And I thought 'fgs, these poor children.'

Johnny certainly does sound like a genius 100.

lol FMF.

Thank you for recognising his unique talents.

both of mine are. It must be hard for you to understand what it is like to have genius children when yours are clearly so ordinary. But try and develop your skills of empathy.

"The only things that matter down here are rean jumping, cow pat hurling, and being able to recognise different brands of scrumpy whilst blind-folded"

desi - come over to Bridgie! There are many other skills that are important here. For men dressing up in woman's clothing or as a pirate and dancing around on brightly lit lorries in the middle of winter whilst p*ddled as a newt without falling off! For women, dressing up in as little as possible and doing the same. Cow pat throwing doesn't cut it I'm afraid Scrumpy recognition is still fundamental though.

I have never met a child genius btw. I've met some children whose parents have excessive expectations of them as well as rose-tinted spectacles.

Om - it transpires I am an unnappreciated genius who would fit in beautifully in your town! I have pirate gear!! I can drink a lot! And falling off a lorry comes as natural as falling off a ..log to me!

Yay, fmf! I'm sure you'd fit right in!

And Scrumpy! I'm gooood at drinking Scrumpy!