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An excellent point.

That's probably no more off topic than my observation that just because you are GOOD at something doesn't mean that it is personally worthwhile to pursue mastery of it, either.

Both are problems/observations that are somewhat tangential to the mainstream conversations surrounding these issues (nurture v. nature, I mean, and what sort of "nurture" is desirable/appropriate in the first place); but both are unusual and critical aspects of these issues for gifted persons in a general sense, and those of us parenting gifted children in particular.

I've really been enjoying others' observations.