Spinning on that dizzy edge

Not that I have any experience in either parenting (my husband doesn't count -- neither do the dogs) or teaching (see above), but I agree with this. My only experience is from the receiving end: My brothers and sister taught me to read when I was 3 'cause they thought it was a hoot. My parents, on the other hand, paid no attention at all.

"Gifted" can have negative connotations along with the positive ones and it gives the one labeled as such something they either have to live up to or they have to prove is wrong. But telling his teachers that he likes to learn and that he's good at it and that they may have to push him a bit to keep him interested is a much clearer way of communicating what needs to be known, IMHO.