This book offers a different perspective on parenting gifted children: what not to do. Most books for parents of gifted youngsters focus on what adults should be doing, but not many hone in on how inadvertently we push our children to be more “normal,” or more “reasonable,” or even, sometimes, more exceptional. The author takes
This book offers a different perspective on parenting gifted children: what not to do. Most books for parents of gifted youngsters focus on what adults should be doing, but not many hone in on how inadvertently we push our children to be more “normal,” or more “reasonable,” or even, sometimes, more exceptional. The author takes common mistakes that parents make (mistakes that even she admits to making with her own children) and discusses why these are harmful to gifted children, and she offers better, healthier approaches that will help gifted children become comfortable with who they are and strive to be all that they are capable of being.
As a bonus, one of the author’s three now-adult children has written a postscript to each chapter, discussing what it was like to be a gifted child dealing with the particular issue at hand. This additional insight is an enlightening and invaluable part of understanding gifted children.
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Many helpful insights and parenting tips The various anecdotes written from both the parent’s and the grown children’s perspectives offer great insights to patents. While it is targeted to the parents of gifted children, much of the parental wisdom it contains would apply to mainstream children as well. It is written with obvious love and good sense. I lent it out and never got it back!
Absolutely love this book Absolutely love this book! Exactly what I was looking for. Wonderful insight from the gifted children as well! Would certainly recommend this book to the parent of any gifted child – as well as educators!!
Good Basics I really enjoyed reading this book, particularly for the comments from the children. I didn’t learn anything new really, but I can see this as a go-to book when I get off-track and need some reminding of how to handle situations. It’s a good read that goes over the basics in an easy-to-read manner. It’s also written so that you can start in any chapter and get what you need without having to go back to a previous chapter. If you have a gifted child, this is worth having on your bookshelf.