You know - I wonder if "labels" screw children up, especially in my case. By the way, I registered with SENG, I'm sure all of those who participate in this forum have to be aware of SENG, but anyway, labels - moderately/gifted/highly/exceptionally/profoundly, how do these labels and sometimes misidentifications affect children at their esteem needs and cognitive and aesthetic needs, how it leads to that misguided sense of inferiority, or in some cases, superiority, how do you balance the struggles that come along with the knowledge of being an EG child *That would make a great domain name, theEGchild.com - the exceptionally gifted child.* Suppose my story happens to someone else, and because they were not labeled as an exceptionally gifted child, when indeed they are an exceptionally gifted child, their dreams of becoming something associated with high levels of intelligence can be destroyed. Psychologists ought to be very cognizant of that, and I believe they are to some extents...some of them at least. This is why I find SENG and more than ever now, THIS forum fascinating - it helps to provide insight to one whose emotions, creativity, and intellect are at a tug-of-war with overexcitablilities antagonizing all ends.
