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[quote=Anonymous] I think back that since I put my son in daycare at 3 year old till now at age 7, I don’t care and pay much attention to his academic at all because he does everything by himself and does really well above grade level. I am the kind of mom that rely on teachers teaching the curriculum. I don’t ask him what he has learned from school, I don’t study with him, I don’t practice/review/check with his progress academically, I seldom read books with/to him etc. That is all because he is above grade level on math, reading and comprehension, writing and spelling and etc. He knows simple math & can read at 3 year old.  At every parent teacher conference, all I heard from teachers were that he knew all these and they said that they were not worried about his academic, except he also had annoying behavior issues that we need to address every school year. They said that he is so smart, and there’s nothing they can do about his academic until he is older and there’s advanced class options. Since there is no problem with his academic, so I am hand off and don’t pay too much attention to it.

He is a really handful kid and the least thing I worry about is his academic. I am more interested in promoting hobbies/sports and him having fun, which are driving him to weekly sports, take him to kid events/festival/nature center/playground. I find it more fun doing this with him. I don’t have reading habit, so I don’t like to read books. He does not care too much about academic but he is good at it because he is a perfectionist and likes to outsmart /compete with others. All he thinks daily is either watching screen time or having fun to play, and he wishes every day is weekend and no school.

My question is should I still care and pay attention to his academic (e.g. read, practice writing, ask him what he has learned from school) even though he is doing great job at his level now? He is not gifted but he is really smart. I feel bad sometimes that I only want to play with him ( I enjoy it) but not care too much about his school academic ( I find it a bit boring and not fun). He does not have any reading habit, but he can read chapter book when he wants. He hates any homework, but he will do it if he is given homework assignment. [/quote]

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