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@bibllethumper Thank you for your perspective, I never thought of it this way. I'm adding that book to my reading list. We know one gifted child who benefited from skipping two grades, something most people here are adamantly against. I'm guessing this isn't a well-researched area so you have to...

@blessedbgod I am completely tapped out and can't properly answer you but I wanted to let you know I appreciate your comment and will look into the articles you linked.

@atodestroxia I am completely overwhelmed by the response i got here and can't properly answer you but I wanted to thank you for your comment and providing links to reasources. We will look into them tonight.

@brodon Would you mind telling me more about what your experiences in Germany are? That's where we're from but we both had some not so positive experiences with the system and how rigid it can be.

@euthymios I'm glad you were able to capitalize on your giftedness. We'd like the same for our son but we also decided for ourselves that we don't care about careers as much as spending time as a family. So whatever he does is fine but success would be nice. Anxiety, perfectionism, depression...

@ghostwriter323 Seems like going to school early isn't usually the best. We'll bring that up when the decision needs to be made. We play a lot of games but not chess. I suck at both chess and checkers, so maybe that's a good idea, as the playing field will be even.

@mrprolifik Thank you for your comments! Husband and I were both bright children, but not gifted. However, what you described in terms of expectations hits close to home. Without going into detail, a few family members pushed their smart (maybe gifted, we're not close) kids and took their...

@seditthis Surprisingly, he can sit and concentrate for a good while, but at 5 they're so small. We have another few routine appointments relating to development ahead of us so we'll see what they bring.

@jesus1983 I never heard of ADP, I'll look it up. Thank you! I'm also so grateful for the links. I've gotten a lot of personal accounts, for which I'm grateful, but having reading material is always great.

@keekjaci There's a lot of consensus against skipping grades. We apparently need to meet with some government agency if he's gifted to get recommendations what to do but I'd rather have more than one opinion. I'd love some sources to back what people are saying because I tend to cave before...

@brodon First of all, wishing you all the best! I hope you can take the time off and recover. Burnout is a bitch. In regards to your first point, can you explain what kind of support you would need? We're hoping to expose our son to situations he will face in life but also give him tools to...

@kaykay8 There is so much overlap between giftedness and ADHD that sometimes I feel like it's a coin toss. Funnily enough, both myself and my husband have been seeing therapists for a long time and were diagnosed with things but neither autism, nor ADHD (nor giftedness). Oof, routine is so...

@aldredian Your son sounds awesome. What's hypersensitivity and what's being a toddler? No idea. Funnily enough I can't name a single family in our friend group that does not have a neurodivergent child, so I can't even compare. It's reassuring to hear this might just be par for the course...

@rennamo He might be twice gifted, it's not something that's diagnosed here this early. They don't like to do it until 5-6. We don't have any support centers here (except one, but their website has been offline for months...). I'm hesitant about Mensa. The only person I know who was assessed by...

@whatnow Thank you for your perspective! Seems like your parents did many things right. I've heard about "Differently wired" but haven't read it yet. I guess it's time to bump that up in the reading queue. We realized quickly that being gifted (if that's what this is) has to come at a...

@jluponeage When I said challenges I meant more " he's not good in sports, off to gym class with him". This was especially important to us because he was behind his peers and preschoolers don't care if you can read but how well you can climb, especially as a boy (which is its own can of worms)...

@elvent That's great that you were given a say in whether to skip a grade. We definitely wouldn't want to do that against his wishes.

@ggirl1986 I feel like many of these diagnoses are a coin toss and more researchis needed. This is not to dismiss them, but the criteria overlap. I hope you finally get an answer from the pending evaluation! Playing a game on hard mode with no save points it is. Thank you for the thoughtful...

@krismabl Depression, anxiety, and burnout are the things that worry us, too. They're apparently super common for gifted children. We'd love to find more neurodiverse kids to socialize with, but we're not sure where to find any. He's really good with calmer and younger kids, and the one...

@rmr Lack of organizational skills and how to study things that don't come naturally seems to be a common theme. That's also unfortunately something I can't relate to, because I had to learn both very early (no giftedness here). If I understand you correctly, the main issues are to not put so...