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[quote=Anonymous]My first grader boy is gifted and he needs to be engaged all the time or else he watches screentime. I already sign him up at all sorts of camps ( summer, spring, winter, school day off), beforecare/aftercare (5 days a week) or therapies (2x a week, speech & ot), and other activities (5x a week and they are swim/gym/art/foreign language). We are not home till 7pm on weekdays, and we are out of house between 10am to 4pm on Sat, and a 0 to 3 hours on Sun. At other time, I am exhausted to entertain him or I have to let screen time to entertain him. At home, he wants me to play all sorts of games that uses brain, such as board games, word games, math games, logic/trivia games, chess, sudoku etc. DH was the one buying him or getting him onto those games, but it has been me 80%  playing with him. I know they are educational and beneficial to kids, but I really dislike them.

When I am done or exhausted, I sort of end up yelling at him to play by himself on toys ( which he does not care much), go to his bedroom to nap ( he does not nap), reading on his own ( he is not into reading, and we have hundreds of books at home), or just letting him to watch screentime. Does gifted child need to be engaged all the time? Do they need down time? Except screentime or video games, how do I make him keep himself engaged or just learn how to get bored? He is not home all the time, and I feel terrible and guilty sometimes but I really don’t like to keep him company on those great interests. [/quote]

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