Originally Posted by Grinity
So my question is, how has your experience 'growing up gifted' been useful in your current parenting challenge, and where did it cause problems, where do you fear that it will cause more problems in the future?

I worry that DS will get DH and my depression along with the GTness. If he does, I�d like to be able to identify it early on and get him help ASAP. The depression exacerbated problems with my perfectionism. One bad grade turned into more bad grades, b/c if I couldn�t do it well I didn�t want to do it at all. School counselors and teachers thought I wasn�t challenged enough and was being lazy. What I actually needed was therapy.