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One of the challenges for parents with a gifted child is to encourage them to develop a range of interest outside the academic sphere that not only rounds them out but stops them from being isolated from their peers gifted children are a diverse group of kids who are talented in specific areas such as mathematics, language, sport or music. Some gifted kids are mutli-talented excelling in a variety of areas.

gifted children tend to be passionate and single-minded about their interests f...

Too many parents consider play as simply a means of diverting and distracting their children. Playthings are often seen as a means of keeping children happy, rewarding them, keeping them out of mischief, and giving parents free time.

Not often enough do parents think of play and toys as fundamental aspects of a child's education, as a means through which children learn to understand the world around them, and as the primary method by which children acquire many basic skills.

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The other day, my son came home from school in distress. It seems a group of children have been giving him the blues because he is gifted. My son attends public school. His school district, although I am told it is one of the best school districts in the country as evidenced by their test scores, (The vice principal told me that) does not address the needs of gifted students until third grade. I won...

Giftedness is being identified with increasing frequency as more people come to understand what giftedness is. Most children will be identified as gifted during the school years, but gifted children are ...

gifted children are children whose abilities, talents and potentials are so outstanding that they set the child apart from his or her peers. Giftedness is generally considered to mean an IQ of 130 or above, along with high performance in any one of five areas: general intellectual ability, specific academic excellence (at math, for example), creative thinking (looking at questions and answers in a unique way), leadership ability, or artistic (including musical) ability.

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I was born and raised in Orange County, California, home to world-famous Disneyland. Until 1981, admittance to this beloved theme park included purchasing coupons, labeled A through E, for specific rides. E-coupons were always in highest demand (and were more expensive) because that was your ticket to the most exciting, the most adventurous, and the most gut-wrenching experiences in the park. As opposed to the A-tickets which were rides for ...