I like this forum. I read it like Facebook. In our family almost everyone is gifted. I know that sounds kind of lame but it is the truth.

Unfortunately the collective gifted child rearing knowledge base in our families doesn't seem to help much with our oldest. My husband and I as well as our siblings were all teacher pleasing, quick learners, good memorizers, straight A's top of class type kids. I think our parents just kicked back and watched the accolades roll in.

DS5 is at a higher level of giftedness by 10-20 IQ points, he is very likely 2e and is thought of by his teachers as more of a creative type rather than an academic all star.

At this point he is a very different kid than anyone else in our family. I get more help here than chatting with my family.

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