05-27-2006, 04:59 PM
05-30-2006, 01:30 AM
Iv never found any group helpfull to me in Australia...
05-30-2006, 12:00 PM
Frazz, have you joined any groups of any kind to try them out?
I've checked the local organisation for parents of gifted kids in my state, and they only seem to exist to promote conferences that I could never afford to attend, to issue a newsletter, and they offer a library for members that is very limited in size and scope.
Now on the list that I've subscribed to Moms are swapping notes about their highly intelligent sons who are in a bad situation because they have made it all the way to high school with only rudimentary literacy skills. And this is supposed to be due to "executive dysfunction" rather than anything to do with parenting or primary school teaching.
I've checked the local organisation for parents of gifted kids in my state, and they only seem to exist to promote conferences that I could never afford to attend, to issue a newsletter, and they offer a library for members that is very limited in size and scope.
Now on the list that I've subscribed to Moms are swapping notes about their highly intelligent sons who are in a bad situation because they have made it all the way to high school with only rudimentary literacy skills. And this is supposed to be due to "executive dysfunction" rather than anything to do with parenting or primary school teaching.
05-31-2006, 02:42 AM
my mum tried joing a few,
but they all seemed more focused on what the kids Couldnt do, rather then what we could..
but they all seemed more focused on what the kids Couldnt do, rather then what we could..
05-31-2006, 06:23 AM
Frazz wrote
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they all seemed more focused on what the kids Couldnt do, rather then what we could..
I've found that too with the limited contact that I've had with other parents of gifted kids.
I really wonder if a lot of the thinking of parents of kids these days is outdated. Parents often go on about how hard it is to find a good job and they obsess over the high academic standards required for university study etc. It was hard to find a good job for my generation, but our kids' generation are going to graduate from high school during a time when acute labour shortages will probably occur. Will this generation need to have university degrees and advanced essay-writing skills to find good jobs?
It seems to me that major threats to the welfare of the upcoming generation will be poor mental health and lack of happiness, and I've got to wonder if some parents who are pushing their kids to the limits of their abilities are going to cause these kinds of problems for their kids.
07-21-2006, 09:49 PM
HI!
I know what you mean. My eldest (25) is a gifted pianist. I had huge difficulties with him as a youngster because of his school refusal. However, because of his talents, he perservered with his piano studies in his own time and now has letters after his name!
My second eldest (24) is now the manager of the biggest Wing Tsun school in the UK, has several black belts in various martial arts and is off to the World Stick-Fighting championships soon. He didn't complete school either.
My daughter completed schooling by returning to it later, and is studying for a degree.
Of my youngest two, 13-year-old twins, one is thriving at school, the other (the only one with a formal diagnosis of AS) is more like his older siblings and has real difficulties forming friendships.
He has a very high IQ and that partly accounts for his difficulties - he just finds the usual clubs etc. boring.
I can only suggest that you find an adult club for your child's special interest and, if they are amenable, enrol them in that.
Usually adults will be more accommodating. I know it won't help you much, but you can always come back here for a chat!
I know what you mean. My eldest (25) is a gifted pianist. I had huge difficulties with him as a youngster because of his school refusal. However, because of his talents, he perservered with his piano studies in his own time and now has letters after his name!
My second eldest (24) is now the manager of the biggest Wing Tsun school in the UK, has several black belts in various martial arts and is off to the World Stick-Fighting championships soon. He didn't complete school either.
My daughter completed schooling by returning to it later, and is studying for a degree.
Of my youngest two, 13-year-old twins, one is thriving at school, the other (the only one with a formal diagnosis of AS) is more like his older siblings and has real difficulties forming friendships.
He has a very high IQ and that partly accounts for his difficulties - he just finds the usual clubs etc. boring.
I can only suggest that you find an adult club for your child's special interest and, if they are amenable, enrol them in that.
Usually adults will be more accommodating. I know it won't help you much, but you can always come back here for a chat!
07-22-2006, 04:24 PM
Hello Jackie,
I'm pleased to hear that your older offspring have achieved success without taking the usual route through the educational system.
I'm pleased to hear that your older offspring have achieved success without taking the usual route through the educational system.
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I can only suggest that you find an adult club for your child's special interest and, if they are amenable, enrol them in that.
We have found a club for kids/teens that is a pretty good match for the special interest of one of our kids, and a school that offers a programme that is roughly the same as the special interest, but which might not teach our child that much that they don't already know for the first year or so. I'm hoping that the other kids doing the same course will be a better match socially for our child than some random assortment of age peers. I'm hoping there will be other bright obsessives doing this course!