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The thing that really threw me in the beginning weeks ago was that the director flat out, point blank told me that this was "not normal for his age."

Then we left him with a sitter last night, and she is a former preschool head teacher (now a kindergarten teacher), and she nodded emphatically before I could even get my sentence out, "He's been hitting and school and ...." She told me it was not out of the ordinary in the least! She at first thought it was out of anger, but then I told her it was out of nowhere for seemingly no reason. She said it was 100% attention-seeking (and possibly boredom).

Thank you both for reinforcing my suspicion that this is common and easily remedied (even if it's not specifically a "gifted" issue)! The director and teachers have been clueless and scratching their heads over this for at least two weeks now, not realizing that they themselves are rewarding his hitting behaviors.