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As far as what I am doing to address the feeling being out of sync with my daughter (she is only four and it is shattering that she already feels this way): I am getting books that deal with emotions and socials situations and reading them a loud to her. It helps facilitate conversations. I am empathizing, listening and continually keeping the discussion open with her about it. I am also discussing with her that a lot of people don't feel in sync with others around them- a lot of people come from different perspectives, home lives, physical differences and so forth but we can still make an effort to reach out and across our differences to others- that they may have to reach through their own muck to get to her as well. (This may sound like a contradiction to the above) I am helping her understand herself and how her mind works. If she's looking to others, especially outside of the family, to help her understand her intensities- then she is going to feel strange. She has two friends that are on her level- I am clinging to them, fostering playdates and so forth in hopes that these friendships could be lifelines for a long time. I am going to gifted conferences and am planning to join a support group this fall for families with giftedness. There are a couple here and I haven't decided which one to join.

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Thank you so much for all the ideas! I think I have birthday and Christmas covered as far as ideas go now. I can not thank you all enough!

My two year old likes to tinker and figure out how things work so I am looking at the lego kits but I am also wondering at what age snap circuits would be appropriate (I've seen people use them for four year olds but not three year olds). Any other ideas are welcomed. I'm trying to give him activity toys that are challenging enough to keep him away from actual house items such as clocks. His attention span for tinkering is fairly long.

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