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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I torture myself by reading the threads about giftedness, and live in a district where I know to a certainty that other parents are doing workbooks with their 3 and 4 year olds.   My Larla has never evinced a gift for anything, but she is social and sweet - awful at moments, because, you know, 3.  We had her in EI for hypotonia and she has no therapies any more.  No SNs.

But now I’m in the “now what?” mentality.  Both DH and I heard all over our childhoods how smart we are.  Truth is, I’m not, just highly verbal. I get that life is much more about peace, joy, and integrity of effort than “gifts” even as I’ve repeatedly failed to hew to that in thought and deed.   I’m worried that being around “my peers,” a well-off neoliberal crew where everyone has grad degrees and salaries, or SAH like me despite the education, will crush me.  I don’t see
a future Misty Copeland or Mark Zuckerberg when I see my sweet girl.   And my peers are always bragging.   Those with older kids, and are just normal decent humane humans, how did you deal?   I need pointers, mantras, books, anything.[/quote]

Op,

First emotional iq is way more important to success in life than iq.
Second Mark Zuckerberg is just a lucky duche bag.  He's a social misfit ultimately responsible for meddling in the us election by Russian trolls and fomenting genocide (rohingya crisis).  Seriously it's like envying Harvey Weinstein.

Third, EI doesn't diagnose.  I don't know if your kid has LDs but low tone often goes hand in hand with them.  Get her assessed privately at 6.  Don't rely on the public school.

Lastly, most of the "gifted" posters are full of it.  Smart ass know it alls don't lead happy lives.  Just enjoy the wonderful little person you brought into this world.  Most of us are average, so welcome to the tribe.

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