Dweck's ideas have been very helpful for us as we raise our gifted DS5.

No matter what we do he will likely hear "you're so smart" or some variant on that a lot. We try to balance that with praise for hard work and perseverance (and stories about the same).

I don't think hearing "you're so smart" is bad, unless that is all a kid gets all the time. For us Dweck has been a good reminder to try to keep things balanced.