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[quote=Anonymous]It's difficult because you have a twice exceptional kid, not a straight-up gifted kid.

I have one of each, and the parenting difference is night and day. I am STILL micromanaging the twice exceptional ASD/ADHD/OCD/low processor kid, *who is in college*. Otherwise he's just going to gently roll down the "failure to launch" hill and go to sleep at the bottom. For ever. It's mind-boggling the every day stuff I need to explain, because apparently his brain is stuck in impractical conundrums of the professorial ivory tower type. Last time, I checked, tenure was very hard to get and the non-tenured professors live out of their cars with no health insurance. Sigh.

My gifted kid (who has manageable levels of social anxiety and existential angst) is so easy. She understands most things. She does everything fast. She cooks. She cleans. She socializes. She's spent all her school life quietly reading and drawing in her advanced classes while others finish their work.

Best of luck, OP. What I tell myself is that I will help my kids not close doors for themselves until I wither and float away. Continue to support your kid. It's a hard road.[/quote]

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