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how can you determine from your anecdotal interaction with said kids that they are not gifted or outliers? are you a qualified educator? are you excepting them to do rocket science on the street for you?

also, what's wrong with 'no screen time'? I wish I could say that about my kids. I try very hard to be a no screen time person, but it is so hard. kudos to those parents who can implement such rule.[/quote]

Well, honestly, pretty much everyone who had 10 minutes of contact with my younger child from the time he was a preschooler knew he was gifted.  The kids I'm talking about weren't necessarily in the high reading or math groups, weren't great writers, didn't catch on particularly quickly to board games, had parents who talked about various school struggles, and in all other ways were normal, bright kids.  Their test scores corroborated that.  None of them were bored or particularly ill served in second grade, when there was no AAP.  There's nothing at all with being a bright, hardworking student.  These kids just don't need full-time gifted services.

I agree that it's great when parents can stick with a no screen time rule.  Performance on ability tests and in the classroom in early elementary can be enhanced by a very enriching home environment, which these kids obviously have.  It's tough, then, to separate how much of the score is due to a highly enriched home environment and how much is due to native ability.  [/quote]

well, that's lucky for your younger child, but it is not always the case. I know of profoundly gifted children who struggled with frustration because they were not understood, and did not have enough skills to explain themselves, due to their young age. I know also of other gifted children who were too preoccupied with following the rules and the status quo, so they did nothing advanced in front of others. There are kids who demonstrate their giftedness in so many ways, it's hard to tell just by looking at them. That's why there are so many screening tools combined to determine who needs these services.

there are also certain kinds of kids that like certain games and activities that you will label as 'hot housing', but it is not like that, because the kids love them. my younger one loves brain puzzles so much, everytime DC discovers a new one we have to have it, so now we have soooo many of them. You can interpret that any way you like, but who cares. IF those brain puzzles are what's responsible for DC's advancement vs. natural ability, who cares, DC is still advanced at this point, and needs those services in order to keep engaged.[/quote]

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