My son had a similar problem with reading, dispite testing that showed that he was reading on a high school level with full comprehension by the time third...
My 4 year old is driving me (and everyone else) insane with his argumentative behavior lately. I don't know if this really is related to being gifted, or if it...
Wow, I am glad that I am not the only one dealing with this issue! Thank you for your post. I was starting to feel that my 5 year old had some major issues....
I recently read a book by Richard Lavouie regarding motivation and some kids are motivated by "power"-- meaning they need to feel in control. That may give ...
Rory sounds just like MY son was at age 4. I recently found a document I wrote when he was 4 and wow, he was horrible! Always yelling, have to have the last...
My daughter had/has similar issues. She's now five, and we're only just now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I agree with the others that it's all...
First of all, let me say that I have OCD. I'm 37 years old and didn't start taking medication until 2 years ago and it changed my life. I have had OCD since...
I think control is the big thing for him right now too. I was thinking about it more this morning because I was talking to one of my clients about her son's...
... Yeah, that's what we do here too. Rory never did eat his spaghetti last night because he wanted spiral pasta. So it sat on the table until the rest of us...
I think meds are definitely in his future, someday. My husband is on Zoloft and can not function without it. My sister is still searching for the right one and...
I can't speak to the OCD but I can distinctly remember how argumentative, bossy and difficult my son was at around 4.5. It was if an on switch was thrown and...
Amnesty, have you looked at collaborative problem solving? I'm an expert by no means but things I've found helpful also are voicing my concerns as concerns ...
Can you try asking him how he feels? I'm not talking about when he is arguing with you, but later after he has calmed down. I think that often kids act out...
When he's calm, his answer is always, "I'm fine," or "I feel good/happy/silly." Getting him to talk about how he FELT 20 minutes ago is next to impossible, I...
Sometimes emotional labing is a skill that we need to activly teach our kids. It can be very difficult for some. When I used collaborative problem solving...
I don't post here much, but I'm hoping you all can help me think of some Christmas gift ideas for our 11-year-old daughter, who's in fifth grade. (Nope,...
Parenting Gifted Children - The joys and challenges of raising gifted childrenHi Amnesty: My daughter is 13 years old and she was diagnosed with OCD a little...
I'mnot sure about girls because I only have boys, but I'm doing a whole medieval theme for my 7 year old son -- I've ordered in "castle wall" paper and...
OMG that is so funny! In retrospect, of course. Probably at the time it wasn't that funny -- to you. Bet the other shoppers got a giggle out of it! ... ...
I think it's a good topic for the board, since I think several of us have gifted girls this age. My 5th-grader really wants an electric guitar. I saw a Peavey...
My 11 year old is getting a Nintendo DS and some challenging games. We have never bought any video games before, but she is really excited about this. What...
Okay the director of the community jazz band I play with brought a couple of music books to our attention. Specifically, they are part of a "Playing with ..."...
we had a lot of success using an emotions chart, such as the ones used in school when my son was around 4. we would talk about each emotion and how it makes...
I also thought it might be useful to mention that my son had similar excessive outbreaks when we were physically moving from one place to another. Major...
We have a ton of emotion flash cards and books. He likes "The Way I Feel" best. I have them for work, but he has free access to them and we do use them quite a...
My 11-year-old is really into architecture suddenly, and they are doing a unit in AG Math on it, so I found a book on Amazon thatıs a graph board with ...
I'm really interested in this topic of OCD and gifted kids. My son (9 years old) has always had "tantrums" and "meltdowns" at school that were usually the...
My son actually has a dx of anxiety disorder-nos. Basically that means that he demonstrates symptoms and behaviors associated with various anxiety disorders...
i'm at a loss for helping, but this sure rings true of my son especially the food - i stopped fighting the food battle a long time ago my 7 year old - makes...
Sounds like he's may be dealing with some sensory intergration issues as well. How one percieves sensory imput can and does change from one day to the next,...
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