I so highly recommend this book for the new gifted parent as well as for the gifted kid who wants to learn about common gifted issues. It just covers a lot of ground with real-life stories illustrating many aspects of gifted life. It discusses ambivilance about being gifted and the need to choose between excellence and normalcy. It tells the stories and findings of researcher into the gifted psychology from the 1920's on. It tells the stories of grown gifted men from the 1960 who qualified and were accepted into an elite school for the gifted to be educated as "the leaders of tommorow." Surprisingly they didn't become leaders but became mostly successful middle management who pursued contentment rather than greatness. Statistically emminent inventors and such are overwhelmingly from troubled lives and raised by single mothers. There's a section full of insights into the young gifted boy, pre-school and early elementary. There's stories about adolescent gifted boys, underachieving gifted boys, behavior and emotions, peer realtions, romantic relationships, special challenges for gifted boys, common stories of grown gifted men, the boy code, nerds, and parental relationships. It doesn't go too far in depth into any topic, but gives a great overview of issues relating to gifted life for boys. I definately got some new insight into the struggles of smart men. "Smart Boys" by Barbara A. Kerr Ph.D., & Sanford J. Cohn Ph.D.
