Hello
I feel very silly writing this so I hope I won’t get judged badly
My child is a naturaly able learner and it is a passion of theirs . I don’t talk about the matter and I don’t push matters further in anyway
But the ability’s of my child will often come out in one way or another and be a talking point among parents/family . Often to my face and even More so behind my back I get a huge amount of judgement and criticism .
I get told that I’m forcing the child to be like this or that I’m not letting them be a child ( though they do everything any other child does also )
People can be cruel not only to me but to my child too constantly trying to test them or catch them out. Luckily the child’s mostly unaware of what the adults say but they get hassle from their peers too
I am aware that there must be other people who’s children do naturally well ? How do you cope and how can you support them??
I feel awful that I am embarrassed of my child’s capabilities and trying to hide there ability’s or play them down.
It’s not a subject you can comfortably bring up either