Originally Posted by Grinity
Originally Posted by Dude
My daughter would have considered being carried across the parking lot a reward, not a punishment.
Lots of gifted kids experience most of what passes for punishment as a reward. We might be yelling or spanking or weeping or barking - but it's all so very exciting and interesting. Like candy for our intense little ones.

Have you even found that you can't stop wiggling a sore tooth? Even painful experiences can be rewards.

People sure are complicated, eh?
wink
Grinity

I don't see this as a gifted thing. In general, kids love being carried. It's like a carnival ride, with a dose of close human contact added in.