Part of what people define as lack of maturity, is really just traits that are seen in many gifted children: emotionally intense, deeper feelings of things, which may often display itself to someone who doesn't fully understand the gifted child's mind, as immaturity!
I don't think your child's display of emotions show any sort of immaturity. My DD is one of those really emotionally intense children. She used to cry at school all the time. She has learned coping skills, and now that she is older, the smae things that bothered her before, still bother her, but she just doesn't cry as easily. She gets nervous and her heart beats fast, but she can usually stifle the tears. She doesn't like the teacher to think she did something wrong. No child does. That's a normal response. Please do not let the teacher convince you that your child doesn't need more because of maturity. If anything, being in a poor fitting class is going to bring out these feelings even more.
Last edited by bh14; 03/08/11 10:39 AM.
