He is just completely exhausting. Friends will sometimes see this and say "Oh, it's kind of cute." Maybe it would be, if it weren't ALL THE TIME.
Anyone else?
Kind cute, maybe. It may also be kinda ODD, as in oppositional defiance disorder.
ODD has very specific diagnostic criteria; I wouldn't suggest that it's the case for most intense children.
I also did not suggest that ODD was the case for most intense children.
Please note that I provided links to two resources with further discussion of the topic, including "Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses". Unfortunately, you cropped these out when you posted a reply.
Because you mentioned diagnostic criteria, here is
another link. This one provides information on diagnostic changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5, including those for ODD.
As recently discussed on another thread, children with anxiety or ASD can also be prone to this kind of inflexible thinking.
In this thread's OP I don't see mention of anxiety or ASD. Are you suggesting that the parent look into these?
And many gifted children without disabilities can be intense about their ideas, as well.
Absolutely. The links I provided
in my first hasty post on this thread discussed intensity.
