Katelyn'sMom....
And yes, toddlers can be taught to the point of hothousing or whatever the term someone wants to use, but for lack of a better term (on my end), these highly gifted children that show signs from birth on just have a different wiring. Some might call it motivation and it is partly that but for my DD (anyway) her way of looking at the world is different then the typical kid her age. I don't see that changing or going away as she gets older... it is just who she is; part of her biological makeup.
You spoke so much to my feelings. DD has never been the performing monkey..and at times I wish she would because I am proud of her....but the main thing that I have noticed about her differences is her way of looking at the world as you said. She does look at it different from the typical kid her age.And I agree I don't see thins changing as she gets older. I remember as a child realizing I saw things differently from others my age and felt alone on this...my mom recognized it even before then, and for me, that has not changed as I have grown and has always been one thing I have associated with giftedness...is seeing the world in a different way.
I too have had my thoughts that DD must be sowing down, but then something or someone makes me take a step back and I realize I am just so used to her way of thinking and the things she is doing that I do not even recognize it anymore. I have grown accustom as you said. But you are right, there are those moments, typically as seen through the eyes of a stranger when I go...yep, I just have become immune to it LOL. And in someways that is good, because she is my child, I am with her everyday and to me she is just her, my kid. LOL
