Comments on: Parenting Gifted Children

By: Andrew P.

Andrew P. — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:39 +0000

Great talk, I got a lot from it.

Having a gifted kid is a blessing and a curse. You sacrifice a part of you every every day to meet thier needs. 8 hour sleeps and personal time is one thing I miss. My kid doesn't need much more than 8-9hrs per day.

We bought those one word, one word picture books for him and read to him since day 1. His concentration was immense. Then after a couple of weeks we saw him lose attention, we soon understood this as boredom. After buying flash cards his attention was back. His thirst for information is insatiable. At 9 months he had 60 words by 1 year he could say 200+, he is about to turn 2 and stringing paragraphs together. Occasionally he reads words as we go through the shops. He looks at other 2 year old that sit in prams and use dummies with contempt. He hates being young, hates being treated different than an adult. He hates sitting in high chairs, using different eating utensils, hates his nappy...

We can see that keeping up with him will soon become impossible. How do other parents do it? We want to give him the best chance and so much information it there is about identifying gifted kids. Teaching them has less information and keeping your sanity as a parent is non existent.

By: Just here for the_ Comments

Just here for the_ Comments — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:39 +0000

I noticed my daughter was gifted at about 4- 6 months, I would do flash cards and she was saying the sounds the animals make, and them went on to saying the animals names by 6-9 months, walking before a year. She’s 3 now and I’m nurturing her giftedness, she can hold a conversation better than some 6 year olds. I didn’t want to push too much so we’re only starting to do reading now, but she’s already picking it up

By: Çiğdem Kurt

Çiğdem Kurt — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:39 +0000

have two gifted children. And Im really anxious thinking about whether the are getting the right education here in Turkey.

By: ThePlayfulOnes

ThePlayfulOnes — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:39 +0000

That poem is incredible

By: 1234qwer

1234qwer — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:39 +0000

those drawings creeped the fuck outta me LMAOOO 9:40

By: Josephine Kisilu

Josephine Kisilu — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:39 +0000

keep me posted on children who atre gifted

By: S Ann

S Ann — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:39 +0000

Many parents don't realize that their children are gifted. Otherwise they can provide the right supplements to develop their children’s unique talent at their early age, which will make a huge difference for their children. As a parent of a gifted child, I have evaluated many enrichment programs specifically designed for gifted kids. Finally I selected Beestar's online GT math program.
Now my son has been using it for six months. To my surprise, my son enjoys solving those challenging math problems very much. The questions are well selected to be very interesting and mind-stretching. Although he is the top student at school, Beestar makes him know there's a bigger world out there. Many smart kids from nationwide show off their talents in the program. My son has a lot of fun in Beestar while developing his unusual talent. I am so happy we have found the right place for him.