Thanks JJs Mom, It really helps to hear from teachers that have exposure to so many children. Sometimes it really difficult for me to figure out how odd my child behavior is compared to the rest of the kids and when you throw the gifted thing in the mix it gets really complicated. I don't have any friends with gifted kids and they seem to just equate giftedness with being smart. No matter how hard I try to explain some of his issues/behaviors to being gifted, other parents really don't get it. I think you need to have a gifted child or have been a gifted child yourself to even begin to understand. So posting hear and hearing from other gifted parents really helps to keep things in perspective.
I really like your advice to encourage him to be open and true to himself. This is so important and I really need to focus on that more. I do believe deep in my heart that this is just a difficult phase that we are working through, but yet it is hard not to get overly concerned. We will see how the next few days/weeks progress.
