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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There should be balance in all things.  There is no need to force your kid further and further above grade level, but that's not the only type of academic enrichment you can pursue.  Find your kid's interests and work from there.

But if you signal to your kid that you don't value/care about education by not engaging with them or their teachers, he isn't likely not to do so either.  [b]When his early learning advantages start evening out, he may lack the interest, skills and work ethic to keep up in the future.  Being motivated by perfectionism and competing with others isn't necessarily sustainable or healthy for self-esteem in the long run.[/b][/quote]

op here. Then what should I do instead? He thinks that he is smart, and he is motivated by perfectionism and competing with others now. He likes praises and positive encouragement. He sometimes compete with DH at adult level when it comes to knowledge, and of course he lost and cried.

You won't believe me, he was interested in playing sudoku and memorizing map for a few months when he was 5. It was virtual school, so he has nothing better to do and we were busy working. I think other peers at his current grade level is not that challenging enough for him to try or work harder.[/quote]
I believe you, I have a kid who enjoys math a ton and is doing math competitions for fun.

You need to focus on his behavior. If he is a handful now and you don't do anything to improve his behavior he is going to struggle in school. And if he is perfectionist who gets upset at being wrong then you need to find a way to help him get a handle on that. It is not healthy for him in school because there will be material he does not get 100% correct and there are going to be people smarter then him. What have the Teachers said about his behavior? What conversations have you had about correcting his behavior?

There are ways to supplement that are fun and not necessarily moving him ahead. Play math games, let him do sudoku, find things that engage him. But you should be reading to him or letting him listen to audio books. [/quote]

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