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Is J gifted (and should I give up)?
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 534390" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>For that I unfortunately have no answers. I so wish I had. </p><p></p><p>I have one of those kids. High IQ, no social skills. Soon to be 19 and his peer relationships are still a big problem. Have always been. As a small kid he was reactive, bossy, blamed others, was passive-aggressive, whiny and overly sensitive and trying to look tough. He simply couldn't make and keep friends. He wasn't even able to charm them at first. Other kids just found him unlikeable, same with many adults. He did little better with smaller kids and has always been good with animals, but his social skills were bad to begin with. He was bullied more or less badly through his school years and that certainly didn't help. And he bullied back and it was an awful mess. Even getting him to go to and stay at school was fierce battle that lasted years until everyone just turned the blind eye to his truancy because he still did so well then it came to actual learning, exams, grades and test scores. </p><p></p><p>Over the years he has been able to find some people his age who can stomach him for reason or another, many not for the right reasons, nowadays some because of the sense of duty and maybe few because he does have some real good qualities too, but still it is a struggle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 534390, member: 14557"] For that I unfortunately have no answers. I so wish I had. I have one of those kids. High IQ, no social skills. Soon to be 19 and his peer relationships are still a big problem. Have always been. As a small kid he was reactive, bossy, blamed others, was passive-aggressive, whiny and overly sensitive and trying to look tough. He simply couldn't make and keep friends. He wasn't even able to charm them at first. Other kids just found him unlikeable, same with many adults. He did little better with smaller kids and has always been good with animals, but his social skills were bad to begin with. He was bullied more or less badly through his school years and that certainly didn't help. And he bullied back and it was an awful mess. Even getting him to go to and stay at school was fierce battle that lasted years until everyone just turned the blind eye to his truancy because he still did so well then it came to actual learning, exams, grades and test scores. Over the years he has been able to find some people his age who can stomach him for reason or another, many not for the right reasons, nowadays some because of the sense of duty and maybe few because he does have some real good qualities too, but still it is a struggle. [/QUOTE]
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