This has been such an issue for us too! I get frustrated because my DS8 "could do so much more if he just...." (fill in the blank with just about anything. But, what I have found by just listening to him a little bit more and letting him be in that quite a bit goes on in his head that he does not share with us. Imagine my surprise when he went through a long and complex discussion with his chess coach about the personalities of different pieces and what pieces he really enjoyed. There was a lot of thinking and initiative that went into that that we were not aware of!
Seadoneam (and new!)
