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Date: 2009-03-06 09:52 pm (UTC)Oh woman, I can understand this so much (not saying the Emperor is like either of my boys, but... you know what I mean). I think eventually -- and I'm kind of getting there myself -- you start going into these things just knowing you have a unique and beautiful snowflake child, who is entirely awesome but just not exactly like other kids. So, you have to work with his teachers to make him the best he can be, but find a way to not obsess about his possible
flawsidiosyncracies (they're all unique anyway).I took P to his kindergarten registration today, which is sadly at a different school than the one that's learned how to work so well with him. I'm going to have to restart the process. I'll have to develop a new system for the teacher to communicate with me everday so we can reward (or not reward) at home for his behavior, make sure he's with teachers that understand how to work with a child who is both gifted and incredibly stubborn, etc.
(I don't know if yours is old enough, but one of the things that has worked really well with our older one is if he has a set of 1-5 privileges he gets to do at home. His behavior at school decides whether he gets these privileges at home (2-15 minute sets on his Nintendo DS, watching 30 minutes of a movie he wants, a cookie, and/or go to bed 15 minutes later). We've finally worked out a thumb system. Thumbs up he gets all his privileges, medium-thumb he gets half, and thumbs down he gets none. If he gets a week straight of thumbs up he gets a special treat. It works well for us.
Anyway, it's an idea.)