This thread was great to read. We're just beginning this journey so I can really only empathize. My 2yo is delayed and we are still searching for a diagnosis. My older kids are average to accelerated depending on the subject. Right now they all just think of him as a baby, so they don't expect much from him. His receptive language is on par with a 12mo, so he doesn't really understand much they say yet anyway. But I imagine there will be questions on both ends eventually. One thing I have really been focusing on with the older boys is having a "growth mindset." I try to praise their effort, not their accomplishments. I tell them the important thing is how you go about getting an answer, not the actual answer. We talk about how we work hard so that we can grow our minds (and we go to church to grow our hearts, eat healthy to grow our bodies, etc).

Cool. Thanks everyone! It sounds like the 30 minutes I've been limiting him to is probably pretty reasonable at this point, and we may move it up to 45 over the next year or two. These WTM forums are pretty much awesome. Not sure how I missed them until now. (And thanks very much to Jackie for sending me over!)

I understand that it's best to have kids work for a set amount of time rather than X number of pages since the difficulty of the problems vary. What I'm wondering is, how long should said amount of time be?? How long do you have your DC work on Beast Academy for a session? Has that changed over time or remained constant? Also, Hi! This is my first post here :001_smile: (It's so exciting!)