I am wondering about DS2.5.
When I asked about one child being PG and one not gifted at all Silverman said that is pretty much impossible and that in most cases the are fairly close to eachother in range.
I think the actual data, weak as it is, is that 2/3 of the time the scores are withing X points (5? 10? I can't remember.)OF course that leaves 1/3 of the kids who are more than X points away.
One thing is for sure. If one sib is PG, and well into the PG range, like yours, even if the other kids is MG, MG will SEEM quite 'not gifted' to people who live with the MG and PG sib.
This is just human nature. I would venture that to over 60% of the adults here, real live MG folks 'seem' 'not gifted' to us in our daily lives. 15 points is a Standard Deviation, and that's quite a bit.
The other thing to take into account is that second borns have many fewer 'party tricks' than their older sibs. Non first born (And here I classify anyone with a sib gap of 4 of more years as 1st born) are usually much higher in Emotional Intelligence, more flexible, longer fuse kind of people. They are used to Mommy not giving full 100% attention and instant response. I believe that these are good things, heartbreaking as they are to us Moms.
But I wish I had a nickle for every parent who thought that their 2nd born was 'less gifted' because the kid was 'less obvious, and less miserable looking.' We, who should know better if anyone anywhere does, have stereotypes about what gifted is - miserable, low EQ, and highly interested in showing off what they know academically.
But some 2nd borns aren't gifted, rare or not, there has to be someone, right? Many are gifted, but aren't similar in LOG. Lots are just as gifted but make darn sure you wouldn't know it. Some are just as gifted but have additional challenges that make the giftedness hard to experience, on the inside or on the outside.
My .02
Grinity
