I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I Expected

Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by m0zg on Friday May 31, 2019 @03:23PM (#20064104)

What if "being happy" for them means watching Youtube all day and playing computer games?

That's what I'm struggling with with my 15 year old. This is currently affecting his GPA to the point where it'd limit his college options to community college, and maybe not even that (since you do have to work even there to not fail).

I simply can't convince him that this is not a good use of his time, and he will regret it profoundly later in life.

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Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by mixmastamyk on Friday May 31, 2019 @03:48PM (#20064309)

When you're "addicted" it is hard to get perspective.

Not sure about your situation or feasibility, but banning the activity for 30 days might clear the fog. There are blogs about journalists giving up Twitter temporarily for example.

Another angle might be explaining the difference between a creator and consumer.

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Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by m0zg on Friday May 31, 2019 @05:44PM (#20065275)

His answer to that is he completely refuses to do anything at all in that case. Grades be damned. Now what?

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Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by mixmastamyk on Saturday June 01, 2019 @09:22PM (#20072883)

Still healthier I think. Boredom was a motivator in the old days. Military school might be an option too, haha.

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Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by m0zg on Sunday June 02, 2019 @02:32AM (#20073865)

That's the trouble with armchair parenting advice. "Haha".

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Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by mixmastamyk on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:00PM (#20076584)

Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.

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