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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven’t read all of these replies but I have two sons and I’m a teacher. Boys are developmentally about 12-18 months behind girls in my observation, and school is requiring much more focus and academic skill in the younger years than it used to. But just like they catch up in height, boys catch up intellectually. [/quote]

It's what happens in the interim, the time between now and the catch up, that is concerning. What's the best thing to do? I have a 7-year-old now and he was always the rowdiest kid from about 2-4. And now I've realized those settings just weren't matching his needs. But he's also just naturally matured over time. He's no longer the rowdiest kid, but he is antsy and I'm annoyed because I see him and how he behaves and it's obvious he's bored. His teachers annoy me because they just don't seem to get it. My mother says she sees so much of my older brother in him who was prescribed Ritalin. He didn't like how it made him feel so my mom took him off and now he's a high-level engineer with his own successful company. My brother caught up, but school (back in the 90s) was a wreck for him. [/quote]

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