With the holiday weekend, I almost missed this piece by Laura Vanderkam. It's a good read.
http://giftedexchange.blogspot.com/2009/11/time-growing-backlash-against.html
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I find overparenting as funny as the next person -- I like nothing better than making fun of parents who put hygienic gloves on their babies' hands so they never touch the dirty world. But there's also a problem with having this mocking and disapproval become the cultural narrative, especially in the context of gifted children.