Originally Posted by Somerdai
"Being super-bright makes a child's life easier. It shouldn't affect him negatively in any way. Just make sure that he has lots of books and puzzles."

(cringe) sigh.

I'm SO lucky, because our family doctor has two gifted kids herself. She totally gets it.

(What makes me crazy is the school staff not getting it, but that's a whole other thread).

Bottom line - you know best. (Absolutely anxiety can be related to giftedness!!)