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<blockquote data-quote="Angela41" data-source="post: 596185" data-attributes="member: 14703"><p>My son has some Aspergers "traits." He's both perfectionistic and highly competitive to the point where he has trouble enjoying activities that he judges himself to not be "good" at. We recently had an IQ test done that put him in the highly gifted range. Perfectionism is also a common issue with the gifted population- which, based on your description, your son falls into. We put my son in Taekwondo for better self control and on a low stress swim team to teach all of the values of competition (not just winning). I would not remove your child from an area of giftedness/ talent. Instead, work with a psychologist on ways to teach your son to accept and learn from mistakes. I tell my child that if we were perfect there would be nothing left to learn- how sad! We are a Christian family and talk about "perfect" as a trait reserved only for God and his son Jesus. God and Mommy and Daddy are most proud when we do our best and treat others with kindness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angela41, post: 596185, member: 14703"] My son has some Aspergers "traits." He's both perfectionistic and highly competitive to the point where he has trouble enjoying activities that he judges himself to not be "good" at. We recently had an IQ test done that put him in the highly gifted range. Perfectionism is also a common issue with the gifted population- which, based on your description, your son falls into. We put my son in Taekwondo for better self control and on a low stress swim team to teach all of the values of competition (not just winning). I would not remove your child from an area of giftedness/ talent. Instead, work with a psychologist on ways to teach your son to accept and learn from mistakes. I tell my child that if we were perfect there would be nothing left to learn- how sad! We are a Christian family and talk about "perfect" as a trait reserved only for God and his son Jesus. God and Mommy and Daddy are most proud when we do our best and treat others with kindness. [/QUOTE]
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