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[quote=Anonymous]We have a 5th grader who is gifted in aps.
Social train wreck with peers.
We found (socially) he does better with older kids and covid really enforces that.  He is smaller and average/below athleticism.
We have done the worst “parenting” ever.  He got really good a skateboarding is hanging with a couple 14/15 year olds on the junior nationals team/aspiring for Olympics all the time.

He started streaming on his own channel Minecraft and some fortnite.  He is super competitive in both with other streamers who have millions of subscribers.

Not saying he is going to board in the Olympics or be the next ninja on YouTube or twitch; but hanging out with other over achievers keeps him in his element.

He is in the gifted program with other kids virtually but he has checked out and doing high school/calculus on line for fun and the school does not care; they cannot teach that far ahead nor help him socially in a virtual environment.

He will skip 6th and maybe do a half year of 7th if needed.  School does not fit gifted kids.  It is not designed for it.[/quote]

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