Thank you. There really is no place to vent or get advice from someone that has been through all of the difficulties plus the giftedness that my son is dealing with, other than this message board, and that is hard. My dad listens to me, but he usually has a recent experience in taking care of my disabled mother that makes the difficulties my son and I are having seem very minor.

I do think the young choreographer/new musical theater director can work around his issues. I just have to convince my son to try.

My husband and I are thinking about getting him a Pulse Smartpen to encourage him to write and draw in a journal to record his feelings and experiences while going through the brace and puberty at the same time. He has told me so many things that were very comical and I would love for him to learn to put it on paper or the computer.