How many here find that raising a gifted child reopens scars from your own childhood?
YES.
I think that Dude and my DH are living parallel lives, btw. Because I did a bit of a double take, thinking-- Honey?? Is that you??
Of course, he's found that this is much more bearable now that he has his own smart-phone.
LOL.
Right...a heavily perfectionistic child documented by a child psychologist as an almost pathological people-pleaser with a (then) touch of anxiety wouldn't try to conceal that sort of self-perceived failure from reaching her judgmental parents' eyes. The daily begging not to go to school didn't provide any clues. Nor was my sudden weight gain and compulsive eating. And this was AFTER my skipping.
YES-- and by my first years of high school, I simply STOPPED going. About half the time I wasn't in a particular class at a particular time. I'm trying to think of a day during my sophomore year where I
did not cut at least one class... and I can't.
