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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is a terrible mistake to get bogged down in these test scores, either thinking your kid is, in fact, "only" average or that the test is wrong about your child. I made that mistake for our "only" average IQ kid, and it warped my thinking for years. In fact, my child, as yours, is a unique individual with unique strengths and weaknesses and a set of interests and motivations that cannot possibly be captured by one test on one day of their life. It may matter to "big 3" schools, but it shouldn't matter to you. I wish I would have taken that advice when my child was younger. Our DC is actually gifted in the arts, and the test never caught that or measured it. And DC does extremely well in school. What more could I want? I am an Ivy League grad, and I am glad my parents never subjected me to an IQ test and then confined me to its results, either to accept the results or care so much about them that they pushed back against the results. On the other hand, if the results show real weaknesses indicative of a learning disability like low processing speed, that can help you to see where your child may need support or accommodations to reach their potential. But to get bogged down about average scores is a mistake that I wish I had never made. I couldn't even see the child in front of me; just the deficits that are, for all practical purposes, invisible. [/quote]

Ugh, this made me a little teary.  So well said.  My husband and I feel the same way.  We spent a few years with a lot of focus on what we perceived to be our child’s weaknesses (basically just areas where he wasn’t as high as other areas).  It’s not futile to change or work towards improvement in specific areas, but not at the expense of your child’s self-perception, self-esteem or self-worth.  [/quote]

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