Do you hide your car keys?

Links

Learn about Davidson Academy Online - for profoundly gifted students living anywhere in the U.S. & Canada.

The Davidson Institute is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted students through the following programs:

Fellows Scholarship

Young Scholars

Davidson Academy

THINK Summer Institute

Subscribe to the Davidson Institute's eNews-Update Newsletter >

Free Gifted Resources & Guides >

Who's Online Now

0 members (), 166 guests, and 21 robots.

Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

Newest Members

Word_Nerd93, jenjunpr, calicocat, Heidi_Hunter, Dilore
11,421 Registered Users

April
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

Print Thread

Page 4 of 4

1

2

3

4

Re: Do you hide your car keys? Nautigal #166072 08/30/13 06:47 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741 Ametrine Member
Ametrine Member Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741	As the mom of a DS who has insisted on reading the official DMV manual since he was 5 (he's now 6.5), and who has had an abiding interest in all things that have a gauge...including the speedometer on my car, I can say I've thought about this... A LOT. Hubby and I constantly talk about driver safety and I wonder if it's helping or hurting our cause. Is DS understanding he is not capable until he has a license or is he "prepping" to drive when HE thinks he's capable? Case in point: We don't let him pour his own milk from the gallon jug because, well..milk is darned expensive and a nearly full gallon is heavy for a child to manage. I told him time and time again to ask first before trying to pour his own. He continually tries to do it when HE thinks he can. We live on some acreage and DS has his own motor scooter that in a residential area would require a license to drive. He drives it on our lawn. Will he eventually try to take mommy's car for a spin? IDK. Apparently, according to YouTube, kids drive all the time. Today he was very proud that he could hang my car keys on the rack. --- You know, I think DH and I will have a very serious convo with DS about this. Thanks for posting.

Re: Do you hide your car keys? NotSoGifted #166073 08/30/13 07:06 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741 Ametrine Member
Ametrine Member Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741	Originally Posted by NotSoGifted Had to hide chocolate from one of our cats - one day he ate a bunch of Hershey's Kisses with Almonds (found a bunch of spit out almonds but none of the foil wrappers). From a cat-lover: They're a persistent bunch. Simon's Cat-Feed Me

Re: Do you hide your car keys? ultramarina #166074 08/30/13 07:11 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741 Ametrine Member
Ametrine Member Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741	Originally Posted by ultramarina DD would as soon fly to Mars as start the car. I'm not worried. My DS recently had to explain on a worksheet whether or not he would want to go to the moon. He said, "NO!!! Because I don't want the training!" (He is afraid of the centrifuge.)

Re: Do you hide your car keys? ultramarina #166075 08/30/13 07:16 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741 Ametrine Member
Ametrine Member Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741	Originally Posted by ultramarina At 8? Sure, I think this kid probably has impulse control problems. He might have ADHD. He might just be a bit wild. But a lifetime of antisocial behavior? Maybe, but only because 1) he killed his sibling in a terrible accident 2) people will pass cruel judgement. He's a child. Children do foolish, foolish things. I jumped off the roof holding an umbrella at around 8, a la Mary Poppins. (Fortunately, it WAS a low roof.) I agree completely. At around the same age, I jumped off a slide onto a see-saw that my very best friend had been persuaded to stand upon. He flew off and landed on a yard toy and broke his arm. We had been emulating a circus act. We also started fires in the backyard in our own "brick ovens" to "bake" our own chocolate (mud) pies! What can you say? Kids will be kids. Parents are always "putting out fires"!

Re: Do you hide your car keys? ColinsMum #166076 08/30/13 07:24 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741 Ametrine Member
Ametrine Member Joined: May 2011 Posts: 741	Originally Posted by ColinsMum Reminds me of this. Jaw-dropping. They must have been on drugs to do something like that, right?

Page 4 of 4

1

2

3

4

Moderated by M-Moderator

Link Copied to Clipboard

Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Do you hide your car keys?