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[quote=Anonymous]Giftedness is a label that means different things to different people. Our developmental pediatrician and many doctors use it based on my kids testing but she’s a very very smart but not Nobel prize level kid so some people here might disagree with that characterization. Who knows, who cares.

Your child is struggling. 5 hours a night on homework alone should be a huge red flag. My child has an ADHD diagnosis, is under medicated due to an unrelated condition that means we can’t give her stimulants and never spends more than an hour on homework alone should. If she did I would take additional action. That’s not ok for any kid, let alone a kid struggling in the other ways you describe. At a bare minimum talk to your pediatrician about doing the ADHD and depression screenings. If those don’t lead to a path that helps your daughter you have to do more. Sitting around wondering if this is giftedness (it’s definitely not JUST giftedness, my kid uses her smarts as a workaround for her lack of social gifts, I see her analyzing a situation and logging data on how to jump in, probably because I do it too) is honestly wrong. [/quote]

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