Why I’ll Never Reveal Whether My Kid Is ‘Gifted’

Two years ago, my husband and I made the rounds of all the private schools in Los Angeles. Our son was nearly finished with preschool and we hoped to get him into a great school for kindergarten. We didn’t have a decent public school near our home, and our son didn’t get into the really good charter school in our neighborhood, so private school was our only option.

One of the schools in town…

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