I read this recently:
The Prodigy Puzzle by Anne Hulbert
You can find it on:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/gifted-ed/news.shtmlIt talked about a group of Davidson fellows being honored. Most were in the sciences. There was one poetry person. It was interesting read, I thought.
Ren
I read about a quarter of the way through that article and found this:
Of course, it is every parent's hope to help satisfy highly gifted children's zeal for mastery and give them fulfilling childhoods, and programs like those the Davidson Institute runs help make that easier. But a look back over a century suggests it may be hubris if the goal of the guidance is to shape truly exceptional destinies in adulthood. Well-intentioned efforts to smooth the path and hone expertise in a hurry might even - who knows? - be a hindrance in the mysterious process by which mature originality ultimately expresses itself.
Sometimes I wonder about that, and try to leave enough bumps in the road for GS8 to learn to navigate himself. It can be a daunting task of knowing if a bump is just a bump he needs to jump himself and learn the feeling of accomplishment, or if it will turn into a roadblock leaving him feel defeated.
