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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's not gifted. He has normal skills and a good knowledge base.

I would suggest stop treating him as a freak. Studies have shown that elementary gifted-track childern end up doing no better than normal-track kids because gifted on tests doesn't mean anything later as the material gets harder. You are welcome.[/quote]
First, I don't treat him as a freak. Second, I don't care about outcomes of gifted vs. normal-track kids. As a kid I chose not to take advantage of gifted services and one way or the other, all of us ended up with PhDs and academic or research careers. (Big deal, we are all relatively poor.)

To say he has normal skills and a good knowledge base makes me laugh. Not many two year olds can name all of the US states and Canadian provinces, and want to stop and look down every grate in the road to try to figure out where the water is flowing to. Same with drainage inside and outside of houses. Tell him to go to the bathroom and he tells you where in the digestive system he thinks the food is now, or as a our-year-old comes up with bedtime story topics, like "Let's look up gas giants outside of our solar system". It's fine, it keeps us busy. I know he will be ok if he is left on his own, writing his "books", but I was hoping there might be something more available to stimulate him. [/quote]

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