 Re: Gifted Kid? | |
I think the question is what would the child gain by being identified as gifted? For most of their early education I feel the answer is: not much--it can even be a problem. The gifted category may get children into special programs later on in education but my personal feeling is that until high school it is simply not a useful category. We should simply be alert to the things our children enjoy and skills they wish to master and support them in that. Starting to talk about 'gifted' does have as much stigma as advantage attached to it and I tend to stay away from it and speak of more specific acheivements when they are relevant. I see some parents pushing their kids so hard, so young that they basically see learning as a chore. Unless you want the child to be a classical musician there isn't a need for it IMHO. |