Originally Posted by cc6
ok, i just realized the beg this thread was when he was ds5!!
i'm so excited.
what you describe of your then ds5 is my child rt now except mine has autism. and also your son is much more advanced at age 5 than mine is now...
which is also one reason i have been opposed to supplementing him, because if i do? he's already ahead-- he will really rocket forward. he is like a thirsty sponge. i just really didn't want to be his 'teacher' and again, as i mentioned my focus all these years has been recovery and now finally all social skills.
so i have many pages to read of this thread but again, i'm so thrilled to find it. it is like an answer to my prayers right now. honestly! thank you smile
I wish I could hug you. I think you're in for a set of very tough choices, unfortunately. I think that your # 1 goal has to be to keep your son's love of learning alive, and to do that you have to try to feed the sponge. You can't ration learning for a fast learner; you'll just wind up with someone who has never been challenged and has an inappropriately low idea of his abilities. He'd only be a stunted high achiever, not a normal one, and that would be a tragedy.

In my son's case, I don't regret advocating for accelerated learning opportunities for him. I regret not advocating forcefully enough, and not supplementing enough at home in the meantime.

Striving to increase my rate of flow, and fight forum gloopiness. sick