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My sons class was tasked with writing a letter to the principal to request more recess and how they would utilize the extra time.

He wrote a paragraph on the need for extra time to walk around and think....when I asked him if that is how he is utilizing his current recess and he said "yeah most of the boys are into sports and video games, after I climb a little on the rock wall I like to walk around and think."

Nurturing his old soul is a task I take very seriously as his dad. Balancing pushing him to not settle, and have the confidence to leisurely push his thoughts into existence is a blessing.

Mountain Man 3mo ago 💬 1

I love this!

I was born with an old soul. Understood things I couldn't explain at a real young age. I'm also a touch in the autistic spectrum so I really am built different.

I always understood that variety is massively important for maintaining my balance and center. I could go way off on a tangent if I don't develop myself to be well-rounded.

Encourage him to at least dabble in everything - sports, music, art, philosophy, fitness, meditation, socializing - get at least a little bit of everything.

I always felt I'd wind up a nerdy geek or a social oddball if I didn't fully develop my mind, body, and spirit.

Keep him moving around into different things. He's already a thinker, and thank God. That's the part most people never develop properly.

But life is also physical. Play sports, climb mountains, lift heavy things, spend time in nature, and run around a lot.

If he's that into 'walking around and thinking' then he's built different. That can be one hell of a blessing if its developed properly.

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FL Justin 3mo ago 💬 1

Thanks for sharing!!!

I'm constantly doing physical things with him. He currently plays soccer, basketball, and golf. Seems to really enjoy golf so leaning into that.

He constantly is drawing different things, mostly to imitate people or superhero's that he is currently into. Right now he created 17 posters for his room of US presidents.

Since he is so in tune to things have to manage the conversations when he makes mistakes....he likes things to be correct. So focusing on effort and making mistakes that are easy to overcome.

Mountain Man 3mo ago 💬 1

I love to hear all that!

Somehow I knew from the time I was very young that my mind was very different. I knew I was smarter than most ( I took college calculus when I was 15 and learning BASIC programming skills at 11 ), but I was just built different in a way I couldn't explain, really.

I wasn't real into playing with other kids, I was always doing my own projects. They would play 'guns' or 'matchbox cars' and I would be doing science projects or exploring the wilderness by myself.

But I played organized football and baseball, played some piano, rode BMX bikes, and lived a perfectly normal and healthy small town, suburban life.

As an adult I now understand how unusual my thinking was, and over the years I explained to my mom what I was thinking at the time, and she was just stunned. She had no idea the things that were going through my mind. None of them were bad things, they were just a level of self-awareness that was completely alien even to many adults.

So I always fit in just fine and did all the normal kid things when I wanted to, but I preferred being along, in pursuit of my own interests, and my favorite place we just to be inside my own mind. I'm 54 now and I've never changed. I'm exactly the same 'kid' I was then. I've lived alone almost my entire adult life, never married, no kids, and supremely happy and healthy.

But the key to all of it was that I knew who I was, I knew I was different, and I stayed true to my own path, no matter how weird people may have thought it was.

So if your kid seems a bit unusual in some ways, encourage him to stay true to himself. He can fit in enough to have a 'normal' life but still live outside of 'normal' society in ways that suit him.

I love hearing about 'unusual' people who think outside the norm because I know I can help people understand in ways that others may not.

Our minds are incredibly powerful, but quirky and vulnerable to manipulation in so many ways. I don't know why I knew that, even as a child, but I did.

FL Justin 3mo ago

I grew up very "normal" for a small town kid. Surrounded by love, family, and friends.

I didn't realize until Covid that I never was lazy....I just needed time to wrap my mind around all the ideas and thoughts in my brain. Having the time to think was a luxury in a fast paced world.

My wife is also brilliant and a creative savant. From the time he and my daughter were born we knew they wouldn't learn the same ways the system wanted.

We have tried to stay hyper aware of their gifts and let their brains explore and thrive