Reply to New to DC, looking for a school for my "gifted" son (Kindergarten)

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "New to DC, looking for a school for my "gifted" son (Kindergarten)"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]19:26 here.

Something else to consider, socially, after the initial adjustment period, odds are that your kid will be fine.  But what if he is not?  There is a large gifted cohort in this area, so your kid will likely have other quirky, freakishly smart, socially slower kids in a cohort [i]here.[/i]

But what about other places?  What if he remains socially behind?  What if he is fine for a bit, but in fifth or sixth grade when bullying starts hard core, what if he is still wanting to build Legos, and all the other kids are talking about sex?  Or ostracizing him because he just doesn't get their newly budding teen/tween humor?

My off the charts kid experienced this at the end of elementary.  It is tough.  It affected this child's confidence.  It changed how this kid reacts to new people and new situations.  And this is a kid who up until this point was socially normal, very confident and outgoing, and somewhat popular.  The early teen years are very harsh, and kids are more worldly at an earlier age than they used to be.  If we have any regrets about starting this kid at the age we did, it would be that transition into the junior high years.  Academically, the kid was ready by far.  Socially, the kid was fine.

What happened later when the 10-11 year old was wanting to be a kid when the 12-13 year old classmates wanted to be teens made for a very difficult school year.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics