Originally Posted by JonLaw
Originally Posted by CCN
Originally Posted by polarbear
I'd call it hothousing if: 1) it's your idea, not your dd's idea

Hmm... I don't know if I fully agree, just based on Madeinuk's comment about executive skills withering on the vine because everything is so easy (and many of them won't, without prompting, do difficult and low interest things "just because it's good for me")

I haven't read the whole thread yet so I'm sure other people have chimed in already. This, however, is an area I feel strongly about - I almost think sometimes the kids who are NOT gifted or who have dual exceptionalities that create challenge are the ones who have a better shot in life because they are forced to learn work ethic. Mind you, if you're able to accelerate your gifted kid at school so the challenge is there, then problem solved. However I speak as one of the formerly unchallenged gifted kids who has suffered as a result, so... I make sure my kids struggle.

Doing things that you have no interest in doing does not really help you develop a work ethic or executive functioning.

I think there is something else involved here.

Yes - for my son it's ADHD, and this profile is particularly prone to difficulties with tasks that are not engaging. Requiring my son to sit and complete tasks he's not interested in has helped him in this regard. It's really made a difference. It's a question, I think, of "attention resiliency." He used to be like a piece of paper caught in a tornado but now he can sit with his homework list from school and methodically work his way through it (he's 10 now). Fyi - no meds (ever), and he has a combined-type diagnosis that was called "severe" by the psychologist.