What a wonderful insight, SynapticStorm. Thank you for sharing this; I think that this will be very helpful.
What do you do with a child whose self-image seems skewed in both strengths and weaknesses?
I'm asking for insights, there, if anyone has them. I've been really startled at how UNrealistic our DD's assessment of her own strengths and weaknesses is-- she tends to skew most things in a negative direction. I feel guilt at times that maybe we've fostered that by doing multiple grade skips (so she underestimates her strengths as "somewhat better than average" and overestimates weaknesses as "I'm terrible at that").
