My son will use almost all his free time doing math books or other "academic" activities. Last night he fell asleep with the teacher's guide for math that his teacher gave him because they were switching to a new edition...on Halloween, he couldn't wait to stop trick-or-treating to finish writing his story (while the other kids in the group were dumping and eating their candy)...he wants to discuss math problems with his friends in line for a ride at Disney. These are all self-imposed.
As for meltdowns, we don't have such a regular schedule for those but they do occur. This time of year (end of the year) has always been bad and he has had meltdowns every other day or so for a week. But he wakes up every morning ready to go! I think they are stress relief and not abnormal. Nan
