How do parents cope with gifted children?
John
grammar school and is doing well. He is no problem.
However he has a younger brother who is a genius, also at the same grammar
school.
The two boys get on well together but the elder is somewhat in the shade of
his younger brother. The parents know this and try to compensate.
However the mother was asking me
"What do parents do to cope with domestic situations and try to make sure
that both boys have normal childhoods"
I would like to hear the views of parents of gifted children as to how they
manage social problems with siblings and how they see the problem of social
adjustments with classmates.
T. Scott Frick
Check out numbers 6 and 7 on the following link:
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Whatwe'velearned%2079-02.htm
The first question is who decided the one child is a shade? And based on
what evidence? Chances are very good that this parent has two gifted
children.
A lot of reading may be in order to be open enough to recognize the many
ways gifted people behave and can be recognized.
Neil Gibson
find out more about my son) I realised that my daughter was also gifted.
Her teachers disputed this, and ascertained that she wasn't "like her
brother". What I could not get them to understand is that there are levels
of giftedness. And the fact that, like most gifted people, she is an
introvert, prevented this from coming out in the classroom situation.
However, give her a written test/task and she will leave the rest of her
class for dead.
Often the sibling of an obviously gifted child will find different areas to
excel in, so as not to compete. They need this opportunity so as not to feel
inferior. My children learn different instruments, and attend different
after school activities, to facilitate this.
The experts I have spoken to all tell me that virtually all siblings are
within 10 I.Q. points of each other. I think a really important thing to do
is validate each child's achievements independently, and not compare them.
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Suzie Eisfelder
anything and everything and has roughly a 90 to 95% retention rate with
her reading. She reads encyclopaedias and dictionaries as if they were
novels. She hasn't been tested yet, but I think she is only gifted.
She comes across as being extremely gifted and does extremely well on
all tests. The youngest also reads anything and everything, has a much
lower retention rate and has been tested as extremely gifted. She feels
she is inferior in intelligence, but is extremely proud of her big
sister. On the plus side, they are more like best friends than
sisters. They rarely fight and cuddle several times a day. They are
very proud of each other.
The older one gets on okay at school, and is fairly good at speaking to
people. The younger one was being bullied last year and the school have
handled it very poorly. I took her out of that school a few days ago
and am looking for another one more suitable. In the meantime she is
with me and is a lot happier.
Classmates are always a problem. I've been told that when a child is
extremely gifted there is so much difference that they often don't want
to communicate. My youngest is like that, we have to teach her how to
get along. I don't mind if she doesn't make friends, as that will come
later, but I would like her to be able to work with her classmates.
Suzie
GaryB
Can anyone recommend a program that would help teach typing skills to
elementary school children?
I have twin boys (seven years old) who enjoy the computer, but lack proper
typing skills. They've already developed poor typing habits and I'm pretty
sure that their hands are now large enough
to go beyond the "pecking" method.
I'd also appreciate any advice on how, when, or if we should address their
lack of typing skills.
BTW, I enjoyed reading the posts on this list.
Thanks!
Gary
Dad to Joey and James
John Gilmer
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> Hello,
>
> Can anyone recommend a program that would help teach typing skills to
> elementary school children?
There are lots of them out there. But basically you are talking about
learning something that takes a lot of practice and work. It isn't as
difficult as but has a few things in common with learning to play the piano.
Were I you, I would pick up a program from the $4.99 or $9.99 section of
your local computer type store.
T. Scott Frick
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GaryB
I appreciate your comments. You're probably right about going to the cheap
software
first; just to see if they're ready at all for some structured lessons.
Right now, I'm just happy that they know their home keys. They're having a
lot of
fun typing in their own stories with a free program on Lego.com called
"Comic
Builder." Some of you out there with young kids might want to check it out
at:
http://www.lego.com/eng/adventures/comicbuilder/default.asp
It's free... so I hope this message doesn't seem SPAMMY (yech).
Thanks,
Gary
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Katherinedear
>excel in, so as not to compete. They need this opportunity so as not to feel
>inferior
Very important. Somtimes the other child rebels and becomes "bad" to
differentiate from the other sibling as well. I imagine it is very hard for
parents who have one child designated as "gifted" and one who is not. Hard for
both children too.
Yvette Modayur
I had to wait until my five year old woke up this morning to find out which
cd rom the demo for the typing software was on.
A Google search got me http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/slamdunkp1.html
for a bit of info and something about a download. Also try
http://www.e-dealsusa.com/843.htm for more info. We think the demo is a lot
of fun.
Having taken typing in high school and at the university level I would say
that the teaching part of it is effective.
I would say the $17 is worth it and I'm considering getting it for my five
year old daughter.
Yvette
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