Thanks, all. I like the "cheetah" and left-handed analogies best as well (and he's very visual). Why, OHG? Sometimes I feel like I'm dragging a ball and chain (oops, not a good descriptor for spouse, sorry) when trying to advocate for son. Husband reacts in two ways and I can never tell which way it will be. The first is that I am over-reacting, being obsessive, just let him be a kid, he's only 6, and so on. The second is with anger and we'll go to the school and tell them what for. But he avoids confrontation like the plague so when we go to the school, he's not really there with me. So, first, I want him to at least be on the same page with me to lessen my frustration about which reaction I'll get. And, second, I've read that advocay works much better if the dad attends the meetings, even if does nothing but nod while mom talks (I won't go into the implied sexism here!). I feel sometimes like I'm trying to educate him AND the school and don't have someone to discuss things with and decide what we want.
I do agree that son is young, he needs to be a kid, etc but he also needs to be challenged. And, he definitley needs the type of play Daddy gives him - wrestling, chasing, tickling, whatever.
OT - someone was talking about kids "being older" than they are. I heard a speaker (I think it was Jim Delisle but I'm not sure so don't quote me) who said the age of gifted kids' minds tend to be about 1 1/2 times his chronological age. So, my 6.5 YO would have a "mental age" of 10.
