My ds is in 3rd grade. He'll be 9 in June, and the K cutoff here is Sept 30, so he's in the younger half of kids in his class. He attends a gifted magnet school, so all the kids in his class are gifted too. His teachers say:
1 - he calls out answers without waiting to be called on (and sometimes without raising his hand),
2 - his desk is too messy,
3 - he forgets things (to bring home/turn in his homework, to bring home his jacket)
4 - he is sometimes rude to other students (saying, "Hey, that's my chair!" rather than "Excuse me, you're sitting in my seat." and "We just went over that twice!" when another student asks for clarification,
5 - his handwriting is terrible (you may recall he goes to an OT for this, and
6 - during class, he gets up to look at the gerbils, sometimes while the teacher is teaching.
My questions:
1 - In your opinion, is he AD/HD?
2 - Are we simply bad parents?
3 - Is he just immature?
4 - Could there be another issue? And if so, what?
I'd like any and all opinions.
Thanks.
