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I am a mother of three beautiful/charming/wonderful children. They have all three made me very happy and I am so blessed to be called their mom. I just want to share the most recent success of one of my children with you all because I am so happy and proud of him. I received a letter in the mail saying that my son was recomended from someone (we don't know who, obviously it must have been the school), to attend the Honors Academy this summer at a local college. My son is in the 2nd grade. For those who don't know, the Honors Academy is for students who are doing very well in school. During this week of classes at the college there are a good number of classes in which the child can pick from to study. They offer some real fun and exciting classes, such as, Willie wonka's candy factory (learning to make their own candy conconction), science (making silly puddy and other "stuff"), computers (learning power point and other computer information), A class on rocks/fossils (make your own rocks/crystals) and many others. My son opted to sign up for the spanish class. I thought that was really neat that out of all the fun and exciting classes he could take and he wants to learn Spanish. I am so proud of him! But one question I have is this, How do I celebrate his success without making my other two children feel less intelligent? They are both bright students and have been working very hard and both have brought their grades up from what they were after our recent move. Do you have a gifted child and others who are not so gifted, my other two children are smart..but they really have to work for it, when my youngest..well it just seems like he just understands things so easily. I would appreciate any comments on how you would handle this type of situation. Thanks in advance =)