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DeeDee: Her father is dysgraphic. We are not sure if she has a writing disability or not yet, but she definitely resists writing and drawing. There are no grades yet, so her grades are not being affected. Right now her resistance to writing and drawing is being treated by her teacher as discipline problem (not doing work). Test scores are high, and she's exceeding learning objectives in all categories. School won't accommodate until there is a problem. Bullying, loss of confidence, seeing herself as a bad kid, those don't count as problems. But they stress me out, which is why I think I am conflicted--I do want her to feel successful in the areas where she does well, and that stuff just isn't covered in school yet.

Bluemagic: Obviously, writing a book is way above what she can do. The adult book quote is what she said, not me. I am fine with her just dreaming about writing a book. But she does seem driven to execute. I wonder, based on what I wrote above in response to DeeDee, if stopping her there is a good thing, or just another failure to add to the list. (I can think, but I can't do.)