This is difficult because we are acknowledging and supporting the individual differences in our children, in a culture which increasingly rewards uniformity. Tall poppies are cut down.
An international push toward uniformity is seen in many areas. Parents of gifted children see it in education, other parents may not. Doctors may see it in changes of naming conventions: anatomical features/structures which once reflected the name of their discoverer have been renamed to reference their location/function. Peyer's patches - aggregated lymphoid nodules; Brunner's glands - duodenal glands.
We may be on the road toward becoming a uniform society, where no one may stand out of his/her own volition, without negative consequence.
