I am new to the forums so my apologies if I am posting incorrectly. I have a son who is 15 and gifted. Growing up, my brother was classified as a genius and was a child prodigy pianist. He struggled his whole life to fit in and died ten years ago from a drug overdose. I think I have wanted to ignore my son's giftedness, choosing to treat him as I would any other child, avoiding labels and encouraging him to just be a kid. I have homeschooled him from kindergarten and he's done very well. I've accelerated his education by two grade levels but everything seems to still come very easily to him. I did have him tested when he was 11 years old. He received a 1490 on the lexile scale and it was recommended that he begin high school level math at that time. I stayed with his "two year ahead" curriculum to avoid pressuring him. But now he is 15. We are nearing the point where we have to consider college and while he still does perfectly fine in our homeschool, he seems unmotivated towards a challenging future. He loves science and computers and is very athletic. I feel like perhaps in an effort to make sure he felt "normal" growing up, I've under-challenged him and now he is ill equipped to move forward. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
