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[quote=Anonymous]This is not a "my kid is so bright look at me post" and I hope it doesn't come across that way.  Here is my story - can you help?!?!

My 7 year old DS has been very bright his whole life.  Early talker, early reader, very cognitively advanced.  He started K early and now, despite being the youngest second grader in his school, he's been referred for gifted services in language arts and math.  He is a good student with amazing remarks on his behavior from his teachers.  Sounds good, right?  Yes, for the most part I am incredibly lucky, but there is not a night that goes by without yelling, angry frustration, and a "For God's SAKE focus on what you're doing!  Just FINISH!".  It can take him an hour to do one math worksheet as he stands up, sits down, gets a snack, taps the table, taps his teeth, shows. me. every. step. he. takes.  If he's interested in something he'll devour it, but otherwise it's impossible to keep him focused.  His distractions are usually academically focused (when studying time in math class he started wondering about when and how clocks were invented, are clocks in Asian countries the same as ours, what if a clock had 13 numbers, etc) so I feel terrible not letting him follow his imagination, but... he needs to get his math homework done!

I don't think I'd be as worried, but my husband was the same way at DS's age.  In a gifted school, but booted for distractibility.  He did 'okay' in school, but was not permitted to continue in gifted because he couldn't focus.

Questions:
1. is this ADD behavior or just normal kid behavior?
2.  How do you help your easily distractible kid organize himself?
3. Any other advice???

I need to stop yelling  - thank you for your help!![/quote]

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