@mom2aphysicsgeek Thanks for clarifying. I would say I’m very concerned about his ability to gain independence, use good judgement, etc. especially since (see my comment below to @abasket) he has a lot problems with any kind of rule following (games or school work).
He loves drawing and in the back of my mind, I’m thinking of encouraging his skills so that he could potentially go into a creative field to do with drawing (illustration, graphic design). I know I’m biased but his artwork has an incredible sense of composition. Am thinking of trying out a summer program in drawing… my fear - and this is a BIG fear - is that as soon as there are ‘rules’ as is the case when you are learning something to develop a skill, he will rebel and I’ll have turned him off of something he loves. What do you think?
@abasket Very thoughtful reply, thanks. The highs are high but the lows are low. There is a great love of books and reading, nature walks, visiting museums and traveling and open-ended games (construction, imaginary games, drawing)… everything discovery-based is easy. The ‘these are the rules’ stuff - board games, solving world problems, journal writing, doing a craft (where X is the goal), etc. is hard.