Austin,
Thanks so much for moving this topic to it's own thread. That was very wise of you and compassionate to the OP (original poster) for the test results thread.
Perhaps this is the wrong place to point this out, but the entire concept of "IQ" is deeply flawed.
Buzz - Good noticing that this your concerns were way off topic to the active conversation. I'm glad that you have been able to face a bit your concerns that when your child(ren) enter the school system there may be issues. I'm wondering if you read many of the posts here before you jumped in with your observations.
I strongly recommend that if you have ideas that you think will bother people that you start a new topic, with it's own title, and say a short paragraph about what your concern is.
Such as:
"Historically IQ tests have been used so thoughtlessly. Is this still going on today? Does this bother anyone else here? Can you tell me some good and bad results of IQ testing in your life?"
or -
"I'm the parent of a preschooler who I think might be gifted, but I hate the idea of labling my child. I hate the lable gifted in particular. Does anyone else hate that lable? What have been some ways that the lable has had good or bad results in your life?"
Then, as the thread picks up steam, you can share some of your observations. We like page-long response, just not in the middle of someone else's thread.
You might not agree with everything that everyone here says, but you might find that this is a useful place to think a bit in the company of others who have had some similar experiences.
Want my IQ test?
If, as a parent, you've stopped talking to fellow parents about what you child does or says because they look at you funny, or accuse you of lying, then come over here to the Gifted Issues Discussion Board and get what parents of more normally developing kids get at the bus stop. If people in the grocery store yell at you because you preschooler is reading the food lables, then come over here. If you child is asking deep questions about death, and the meaning of life, or just plain behaving in ways that 'regular parenting books' don't seem to cover, come over here. If you like it here, then stay here. That's MY IQ test.
The Internet is a big place. Supporting parents is what we do here. Looking back at our lives, and our family member's lives through the gifted lens is what we do too, sometimes, because we need to do that to move forward as parents.
I know that the name of this forum is 'Gifted Issues Discussion Forum' and appologise - it really isn't a perfect name, as we focus on 'Help and Support with Issues Parents of Gifted Children often Face'
I'm really curious if there was a gifted program when you were going through school. I'm wondering if you are one of the ones for whom tests don't work, particularly group IQ tests, which we bemoan here on a regular basis. I'm wondering if you are one of the ones who got into a Gifted program and then was so dissapointed that it provided so little. I'm wondering if you have been thinking about homeschooling, how old your chid(ren) is, and what brought you to idly Google search the term gifted, and 1000 more personal things about what your life has been like, and what your hopes are for your family.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
