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.
