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27 Feb 2009 09:39 PM Smart kids, not always the "sharpest tools in the shed"!I'm not one of those parents that brag about how smart my son is but he has the test scores to back me up if i did. So why is it that my son is in all advanced classes, he is first chair tenor saxiphone and he reads more books in a year than i have in almost 40 years in my live yet i am scared that he will hurt himself just walking across the yard. Some people might say its selective thinking. If its not interesting to him then he doesn't put any effort into it. Just tonite we were watching a tv show that we watch every week and after part in the show he asked my wife and I who a person was in the scene and it was one of the main characters in the show who had been there from the begining. I understand teenagers lose focus like forgetting chores and homework. I also know that some things he is doing for the first time so i can see some uncoordination. I have see my son go outside to play, still in his pajamas. I could go on about many simple things that i have personally showed him many, many times yet he will continue to make the same mistakes. I do not think this is a disciplinary problem but a common sense issue. There is no such thing as common sense 101 in school so im left with a 24/7 lecture. They say smart people do not have common sense but there has to be a way to show him simple tasks like filling a class up full of milk, taking 2 drinks and pouring it out or not drying off after a shower (just putting his clothes on) I'm sure there is something i can do to help him but i have not figured that out yet. If anyone has comments, I welcome them because he will be asking for a car in the next few years and i see disaster if things do not change soon. If your interested in some cool ideas to do with your family please check out our family based website at www.doobernow.comNo comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Discuss this article
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