Ever Think Your Own Giftedness is Frustrating Your Gifted Child?

The question in the above blog title grabbed me, as most of my job is working, supporting the parents of gifted children. I'm not going to comment it, except to encourage you to think about it. The link to the blog from GiftedUniverse is below if you want to read the whole article.

"If you have a gifted child, it is most likely that either you or your child’s other parent are gifted yourselves. Probably both of you. And if you are gifted than the traits and qualities associated with YOUR giftedness also affect your gifted child. YOUR high energy level. YOUR emotional sensitivity. YOUR difficulty in finding a peer whether as a child or now. YOUR intensity. Yet if you read much of what is written about parenting a gifted child, it assumes the relationship is unidirectional: gifted child and their impact on the parent(s) rather than a reciprocal relationship...." by ELISA on NOVEMBER 12, 2009,

HTTP://GIFTEDUNIVERSE.COM/PARENTS-GIFTED-CHILDREN/EVER-THINK-YOUR-OWN-GIFTEDNESS-IS-FRUSTRATING-YOUR-GIFTED-CHILD/