I am one of those parents who discover their giftedness when I was reading information about the topic for DD4.

I knew that I was intelligent, but never thought of myself (or my parents) as gifted. In the school I was certainly not bored and have to work hard, even though I really loved learning (still do). On the other hand, I have had all my life very poor vission and that certainly has lowered my academic performance.

I knew as well that I was 'different' but never why and I was a total misfit in the school.

The positive think however is that I never took for granted that I could learn easily and never underestimated the value of hard work.