WDMLT: The Challenges of Raising a Gifted Child

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also, THIS is hilarous: "That type of frustration and overexcelling is all part of the perfectionism characteristic of being gifted. Just that simple act of frustration revealed her giftedness at the right time that day."

my 2 year old ALSO gets frustrated! a lot! sometimes multiple times a day! i'm putting harvard on speed dial RIGHT NOW.

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Aug 23, 2012 11:51:18 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

This makes me think that all gifted children are ocd, but not all ocd children are gifted.

Therefore OCD children are rectangles.

Which would make gifted children square. *snort*

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It makes sense that the kid is adopted because this mother is not at all gifted.

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this is tangentially related. i had a former coworker who had two adopted children. she would say things about them that were really over the top braggy and then say "i can say that, because s/he's adopted."

like "my son is the most beautiful child i have ever seen. he's really stunning. i've never before or since seen a child so wonderful. i can say that, because he's adopted."

this article writer reminded me of her.

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My dog is gifted. She hates wearing clothes of any kind and is unending-ly curious.

[ering1115]

I am printing this out for daycare the next time one of DS's teachers comments on how he will harass them until they read him Perfect Piggies. He is gifted, not toddler obsessed with an annoying book. They have obviously just not read it perfectly the first 16 times.

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Aug 23, 2012 10:33:32 GMT -5 Que? said:

Aug 23, 2012 10:32:01 GMT -5 @blackkitty said:

As a parent to a "special needs" child I actually noticed that some of the things she mentioned are similar to my son, specifically the sensitivity to touch. Personal I think no matter what your child is "diagnosed" with, all kids have special needs. No kid is perfect and no two are the same.

This is an excellent point. Special needs doesn't always refer to kids with learning disabilities.

excellent point.

The district I went to growing up even went as far as having IEP's for the gifted kids.

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I just tried to put socks on the cats. Turns out, we're ALL gifted!!

I put C-SPAN on for them.

They are TRANSFIXED!!

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Aug 23, 2012 10:11:05 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Bragplaint.

I will never understand why parents brag about this. I literally prayed that KHC would not be a prodigy or want to graduate from MIT at 10. People underestimate how kind normal is to a kid. It's not necessarily a gift to a kid when they're smarter.

Tell this to my SIL. Our nephew has started talking in some strange English accent when explaining some point that he is sure he knows more about than you. He is not even 8.

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Well, its clear that she, as the author of this little gem, is not so gifted.

Let's all hope Nya directs her super brains towards a rewarding career in industry.