Why do I feel as if people think I'm an awful taskmaster for having an expectation that DS can meet (as he's proven) when it's necessary or he wants to? I'm not sure there's a point to this, but I just had to get it out, so to speak.
I feel the same way about my gradeskipped DS. I think it's because I am worried that I will be seen as pushing him. I have the feeling that people are judging my decision to do the skip and that makes me feel insecure.
Really, though, I think most of that is just me and my own issues. Most people don't care and some don't even notice! So I try to remember my reasons for skipping him, and one of those reasons was that he needs to experience challenge. For him, part of that is going to be handwriting. This is how he is going to have to work through perfectionism and learn tolerance for frustration. These are valuable lessons in themselves.
