Originally Posted by eco21268
Does anyone manage to work full-time while raising one of these children? :P I feel like I need to hire a full-time assistant to help manage all the paperwork and another one to follow my child around so he doesn't lose his shoes!

I do have a job. I also do hire helpers-- mostly college students-- who can help with homework management, leaving me more free for other kinds of management and basic parenting.

Originally Posted by eco21268
I will read the Emotions book, immediately. That has probably been the biggest problem. I am more interested in the emotional life of gifted students, generally, than the academic side--which is why I left the program to get counseling master's.

Clarification: From Emotions to Advocacy is about how to get from the lost, desperate feeling of seeing your kid go down the drain to making change that helps.