Posted by AuntieMel on July 26, 2005, at 9:12:11
In reply to Is it really true that gifted people tend to..., posted by Colleen D. on July 25, 2005, at 19:11:42
I think it can be true, but I think it is also environment.
The problem with being gifted is being different from the other kids. It takes special parents to *not* make a big deal of the brain and to encourage the kids to be kids. A gifted kid should be praised for the things that they do well that are difficult for them, not for the things they do naturally.
Like Dee, I was tested for Mensa and got in. My father pushed me into taking the test - for *his* ego, not mine. I quit as soon as *he* stopped paying the dues.
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