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Yes, your son is gifted. By the way, walking at 13 months and not feeding himself at 19 months is actually in the normal range, not slow. There isn't really a specific approach for raising gifted kids
No Jessica, this is NOT normal and yes you need to tell the teacher about it. In addition, give your daughter some words to say whwen this happens in order to stop it. "NO I do not like this you must
Dear Laura, Being a late developer may be more of a factor in your son seeming to 'quit' on things than an attitude issue. It's amazing how perceptive kids are - even at 6 he would be aware that others
Dear Ken, I don't know how old your son is, or how long he has had these bad habits. But one thing's for sure, you must address this and put a stop to it now, in his own best interests as well as yours
Firstly, your son is pretty clearly a gifted child. However, it's possible that he has some sort of learning problem in addition to giftedness, particularly since he had a rough birth. I'm not entirely

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