Originally Posted by polarbear
I suspect based on those comments and based on how difficult it's been to find anyone who's remotely in the same situation as us irl, that most highly capable kids are functioning very happily and are very neurotypical smile

And I'll be honest, I wouldn't be posting here if I was parenting a neurotypical child - I'd be out running around doing all the things my friends of neurotypical kids are doing with their time (and it's not hanging around on the computer). I found this place while researching how to help my very 2e ds. I stayed on because (I hope) I might be able to help someone else by sharing our experiences. As I stay on, and ds grows, I've run into additional times whee I've had questions and need advice, and I know there are parents here dealing with very similar 2e situations, so I know I can ask for and get advice here - so those are the reasons I hang around. If I need advice for a neurotypical parenting situaiton, it's easy enough just to make a phone call or ask another parent/friend at school or read a book smile

I second this from the bottom of my heart. And thank you so much, polarbear, for expressing it so perfectly. And thank you to everyone who has helped me/us with their feedback (and Davidson's, for sponsoring this site and everything else)--I can't imagine going through all of this stuff without some kind of support, and where are you going to find that besides someplace like here?