When DS7 was under a year old--6-9mos, maybe?--I scraped my leg in a fall. He was OBSESSED with it, and from the way he "asked" about it, it was clear that he was trying to make sure that I wasn't in pain. Then in K and 1st grade, he wouldn't get his work done because he was so busy with (positive) social engineering at his table to be sure that everyone else had the supplies needed, was following the rules, and was getting along.
I think pronounced empathy and a desire for social justice/accord are often important to GT kids. All kids are different, of course, but these particular traits are pretty common in the GT population. We've joked here in the past that the whole notion of an "evil genius" seems WAY less common IRL than that of GT kids who care an awful lot about their fellow human beings. And thank goodness for that, no?
You've got a neat kid!
