Hmmm...uh...are you me? Did I write that first post?
Although DD does like academics. But other than that, she sounds just like your DD. And yes, it's a problem for us as well.
I have to say that my own father is just like DD in this regard. He is also extremely intelligent--I would classify him as PG for sure.
dd blurts out something we know isn't the truth
we tell her, "Sometimes all of us say things we accidentally don't mean to say. We get excited and the words just rush out before we have time to really think about what we are going to say. It sounds like that just happened to you. I'm going to give you three minutes to think about it, and then we'll start over again. It won't matter what you said before. After three minutes you can tell me what you actually wanted to say, and I'll listen."
I LOVE THIS! I am going to try it. polarbear, does your DD have an anxiety dx, and does your psych consider this behavior part of that?
