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Old 04-13-2013, 09:47 PM
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Gabrielle's Mimi
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As the mom of 3 kids who were in the gifted program, and as a retired teacher, I would seriously ask you to reconsider posting this kind of information. First, there are the issues others have mentioned about peer interaction. Second, there is the appearance of bragging. Third, there is a privacy issue. Think about it this way: would you want your husband telling stuff about you at work to his friends? Maybe it's things he thinks are great, but maybe you would prefer not to be talked about. Well, kids have a right to privacy as well. The people who will rejoice in this great news are most likely his grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. and presumably they already know. So why advertise family "stuff" to others? We always had special little family celebrations for braces coming off, great report cards, etc. but didn't feel the need to brag publicly about it. In this weird day and age of too much info being out there, we need to keep a careful eye on protecting our kids. I am not paranoid, but IMHO, do think kids can potentially be at risk when everyone in the world can access info about them.
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