I'd read several books long before I even considered having our son tested. Ruf's characteristics were a great help to us along with similar charts from other authors. As a result, we were quite certain that our son fell squarely into MG-HG territory.
I even found myself skipping sections on EG-PG, thinking that that crazy stuff couldn't possibly apply to us. Nope, not our son. No way. I even proudly wore the t-shirt, "Parent's estimate of giftedness is usually correct."
Turns out -- both through subsequent testing and real-life performance -- that we'd been underestimating him all along.
I would certainly encourage more reading for you as you'll develop a better understanding of your child's abilities. But don't narrow your scope of reading like I did -- instead, read everything, even if you don't think it directly applies to you.
The "resources" forum here is superb. And it's also tough to beat the massive collection of articles over at Hoagies'.
