Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Yes, as the others have pointed out-- the problem isn't the fit between what your child is being taught and what is taught at school, necessarily. It's a larger problem than that, and realistically, if you want less "boredom at school" using this method, you're talking about parenting that is pretty far over the line into neglectful relative to the child's needs. Basically, isolating the child and not PERMITTING him/her to have access to materials from which to learn.

Special kids have special needs-- meeting them as well as you can still isn't optional, however, no matter how much it seems like doing those things leads to a child which is "not normal."

Well-- no. But the child in question never was that to begin with. Enrichment doesn't cause poor school fit. Being gifted does.


This!!! I could not possibly agree more.