We knew our kid would be different going in.... of course we didn't think gifted. That was one of the outside possiblities, we were thinking the other end of special ed. dylexicia, dysgraphia... something like that.
So when he came out HG, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, "yes he's gifted but, he has......" That was actually hard to accept, he didn't have some learning disablity, he's just smart. (He is hyperactive, but, so am I, and so is DH.) We knew very early on he was gifted, I think that makes it easier. It's wasn't a sudden revelation.
But still I sometimes worry about him growing up happy and well adjusted. But we can only do what we can do.
Do you have other family members that are like him? Is there someone you are always saying he is like? Think about that person as an adult......
