"You Should. . .. "

Do you ever find yourself having to protect your gifted child from the every growing list of expectations that people place on them?

I wonder how many times they hear "that's incredible! You should. . . . "

Their potential is breath taking but they are often fragile souls who can easily become overwhelmed by their own expectations, never mind the perceived expectations of others.  Often these expectations, combined with their own perfectionism, results in them not being able to do anything.

Perhaps the next 'you should' could be restated as 'you could'.