For those moms who passed down their gifted and intellectual intensity gene..what do you do as an adult that fuels your giftedness and intellectual intensity while also balancing the time and energy needs of the curriculum development, teaching, driving etc. that your intellectually intense and gifted child(ren) need?
Since
(1) the curricula and pacing in American schools are often unsuitable for both gifted and normal kids, necessitating afterschooling
(2) elite college admissions is opaque and subjective
(3) college financial aid formulas are complicated
gifted parents in the U.S. are "blessed" with many intellectual puzzles to solve in educating their children
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For example, there is an entire non-fluffy book "The Early Admissions Game: Joining the Elite" devoted to where your children should apply early (early fall rather than December) to college to maximize admissions chances. The cover of the book has chess pieces, suggesting that this game is complicated, just like chess, and the text discusses probabilistic models that can guide the decision. Cool, I like chess and probability problems. It's arguably unfair to make the system so complicated, but the complex system has been created who say they are more devoted to fairness than I am.
