Jeff consider a "gifted child" forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If handling a high iq child is difficult, why not just post in/merge with the special needs forum? The fact is superhigh IQ may not be a gift, so don't call it a gift. Call it a situation which requires specialized services.

Gifted just happens to be the technical term that psychologists use when describing an iq 132 or above.

I am sorry if I seemed flip. My son has a 140+ IQ, and I am being serious about the special needs. In my view, what is nice about the special needs forum is that it is filled with the range of different issues parents may need to deal with for their children to perform to their potential or to cope well with their circumstances. I don't see high IQ as different. In some sense the extra intellectual stimulation you need to find for your kid is a lot like corrective therapy. You're dealing with a kid who often gets easily bored, needs alternative schooling (or perhaps not), and may have a range of social issues that accompany super intelligence.

Anyway, I look at high IQ as one feature of a child. A feature that needs to be addressed, for sure, but it's only one of many.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Your opinion is appreciated. I was hoping that the fearless leader of DCUM might stick up for the little guy here but to no avail.

I am always willing to stick up for the little guy. As I have said many times in other threads, if you ever feel that a message in inappropriately disrupting a thread, use the "report" button to bring the message to my attention. I can't guarantee that I will always agree with you, but at least I will know about it.

I'm very sorry to have implied that you don't or would not stick up for the little guy. It's hard to control the overall tone of a thread by reporting individual posters and the posts in and of themselves may not warrant removal. Take this very thread for example.

I love DCUM and am a very frequent poster here. I would consider myself one of the "people of DCUM" and I agree that there is a lot of compassion expressed when the situation warrants it. I can't control people's opinions and I'm not asking you to. It's just hard to look at your sweet little kids faces and know there is so much hostility towards what they happen to be.