Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Punishment
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 459664" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Malika - </p><p>The more we go through this, the more your son sounds like a description in a good (but out of print) book I've used a lot over the years... "superior, sensitive, immature". Superior = academic intellegence (not necessarily genius), sensitive = emotional intellegence, and of course we know what immature is.</p><p></p><p>So... J. can handle the academics - and the teachers don't have a problem with this. They might even be able to handle the "immature" part - most adults can wrap their heads around that part. But... some of "our" kids are so highly perceptive on the personal relationship side of things, that the kid is picking up mixed vibes that the teacher isn't even aware of sending out. So... the kid reacts more strongly to than would "seem" appropriate - but the teacher is not aware of just how perceptive this kid is. As in "there's NO POSSIBLE WAY that a 5 year old can be that perceptive". Oh yes they can. </p><p></p><p>The teachers will NOT run into very many of their careers. The combo isn't "extremely" rare, but rare enough that they will either not have seen it, or not have recognized it. The reason I know about this one? It fits my brother to an absolute T. School crushed him - dropped out, etc. Until he matured enough (like, age 25) to understand that he was going to have to find a way to work with the system, to his own advantage. Went back, finished his 12, got his BA degree (dean's medal), went on to complete his masters degree...</p><p></p><p>Not that school will crush J - but, we (my parents and others in our family) had no idea about this stuff. YOU do.</p><p></p><p>This advanced sensitivity is not "complete" though... they are highly perceptive, but don't really have the knowledge or experience to know what to do with these perceptions. Its a real challenge for the kid. </p><p></p><p>Not saying this is the answer either - but you might want to tuck it in the back of your brain and see if any of this fits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 459664, member: 11791"] Malika - The more we go through this, the more your son sounds like a description in a good (but out of print) book I've used a lot over the years... "superior, sensitive, immature". Superior = academic intellegence (not necessarily genius), sensitive = emotional intellegence, and of course we know what immature is. So... J. can handle the academics - and the teachers don't have a problem with this. They might even be able to handle the "immature" part - most adults can wrap their heads around that part. But... some of "our" kids are so highly perceptive on the personal relationship side of things, that the kid is picking up mixed vibes that the teacher isn't even aware of sending out. So... the kid reacts more strongly to than would "seem" appropriate - but the teacher is not aware of just how perceptive this kid is. As in "there's NO POSSIBLE WAY that a 5 year old can be that perceptive". Oh yes they can. The teachers will NOT run into very many of their careers. The combo isn't "extremely" rare, but rare enough that they will either not have seen it, or not have recognized it. The reason I know about this one? It fits my brother to an absolute T. School crushed him - dropped out, etc. Until he matured enough (like, age 25) to understand that he was going to have to find a way to work with the system, to his own advantage. Went back, finished his 12, got his BA degree (dean's medal), went on to complete his masters degree... Not that school will crush J - but, we (my parents and others in our family) had no idea about this stuff. YOU do. This advanced sensitivity is not "complete" though... they are highly perceptive, but don't really have the knowledge or experience to know what to do with these perceptions. Its a real challenge for the kid. Not saying this is the answer either - but you might want to tuck it in the back of your brain and see if any of this fits. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Punishment
Top