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It is the first article of a series, probably nothing new for most readers of this forum. The Davidsons are quoted.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...ifted-children-nurturing-genius-part-one
Psychology Today
July 15, 2010, Child Development
Gifted Children: Nurturing Genius (Part One) Nurturing gifted children.

Thanks for posting the link. The story was great.

Val

Nothing new, but interesting all the same. I'm looking forward to reading Part II.

Good intro. Looking forward to part 2.

Thanks. I love the line that the gifted child is the most likely to "fall through the cracks" that sums up how I feel.

So hard to watch your child keep falling and falling through the cracks. So hard to try at home to keep them from crashing into the ground by doing anything and everything we can to keep them stimulated so they don't go brain dead.

Part Two is online now:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...ted-children-nurturing-genius-part-two-0

I think it might be a typo since it does use 99.9% and 3 S.D. on the first part.

So hard to watch your child keep falling and falling through the cracks. So hard to try at home to keep them from crashing into the ground by doing anything and everything we can to keep them stimulated so they don't go brain dead.

Hi Dottie!!! Enjoy that vacation!

I agree, unfortunate.

I especially like that the reporter said this:

For those of us who feel like we don't get appreciation from the ND world: post that on your refridgerator and celebrate!

BTW I just posted a longish reply pointing out the 99.9%, and saw that someone else did too. So that's handled! Yippee!

I just read both of your beautifully-written comments. Did you see that the reporter just wrote back and says that she copied the 99th from the DI website? I haven't looked yet, but that sounds like there's a typo on that site! If so, that is sure to confuse lots of parents who aren't in the program.

Btw, Grinity, is the "PGlets" term something you made up? That was the first time I saw that, and it made me laugh! I'm not sure how DS would feel about me sharing with him, though, so perhaps I'll wait. So cute, though!!