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[quote=Anonymous]Just keep telling yourself they build resilience.

Those aren't big failures, OP. I have a child with special needs and a gifted child. The one with SN nearly failed birth! And then failed on the regular after that. Intensive therapies, medications, tutoring, executive coaching later, and he's safely ensconced in a university. It's nothing short of miraculous, really.

He has a lot more mental resilience that his gifted sibling, who has had very minor fails, and goes through life winning without even trying. I worry about her. The day she fails massively (and she will, everyone does), she risks falling apart. My son fails, and he just shrugs and keeps going. It's happened so often that he knows how to handle himself.

If you say your child's executive function is weak, you might want to get him tested for ADHD. It's not just something you power through. He might need meds and/or behavioral modification and/or executive function training to address those issues.[/quote]

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