Originally Posted by Floridama
How many gifted children are being left out because their parents and community members think that being smart is not cool and that mediocrity should be the goal?

As someone who grew up un-IDed and generally under achieving, thinking about this can make me lose sleep. I have great parents that are GT to some degree too, but they knew nothing about this world and just thought I was really high maintenance and emotional. It is far too easy to slip through the cracks.