My goals for my kids regarding this forum are to
1. Learn about the learning needs of gifted kids and how to provide them to mine.
2. Help my kids understand why they don't always see things the way others do.
This forum is very helpful in that regard. It has also exposed me to ideas that I hadn't been exposed to before I joined, and these ideas have helped me understand myself and my kids. One of the things I like best about this forum is that people tend to be very thoughtful in the way they write.
I'm with Grinity: I hope I don't come across as putting my kids on display.
Trying to say this very gently: I've kind of seen a bit of the unhealthy comparison stuff creeping in here. It's a bummer to see this board becoming a bit like some of the other forums where parents try to outdo one another. Just my two cents. Feel free to disagree, via PM or otherwise!
As for the OP, I'm trying to do my best for my kids. I never understood why I was so different from others until I was well into adulthood. Knowing would helped me a lot and probably would have spared me some grief from time to time. Teaching this idea to my kids isn't easy, but when you have a seven-year-old who tries to debate religious philosophy with his classmates and doesn't understand why they get so angry...well, it's time to intervene. Added: I'm not saying that my little boy was reading The Grand Inquisitor or Nietzsche. He just had some very strongly held ideas that we'd discussed, and he didn't understand why others didn't share his views.
Val
Last edited by Val; 12/06/10 11:37 AM. Reason: Clarity
