Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Gifted? Gifteds on Facebook?

Nice lil community you have here. I actually found this group searching something like "Facebook Gifted" on Google.

I was just wondering if any of you out there are reading this, (because apparently the posts around here get a hot of hits) if you are a Gifted or care about Gifted, and are maybe on Facebook. I was perusing through the Gifted hits on FB, and there are a bunch of ambiguous groups floating around.

My favorite one so far is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12268846716

The groups on there are along the lines of Mark Twain Gifted School, Young Black Gifted, Singapore Gifted, Gifted Kids What Went Wrong - as well as other ambiguous definitions. But this Gifted- Blessing or Curse? group seems to be the only one that trys to dig deep into the topic.

Just thought I would share it with you, and curious as to who actually uses Facebook to network.

I've found gifted groups on facebook before. I came across another one that was pretty active (something like parents of gifted children).

I didn't join because this is not something that I necessarily want everyone to see in the news feed ("JBDad just joined the group 'parents of gifted children'"). I relate a lot better to the people on this board, and even among my friends in the real world, I'm careful who I talk to about DS's giftedness.

But this is just me... And I tend to keep my FB time very social-oriented.

JB

Well then, I was just wondering who is a Gifted themselves, and where do they hangout?

I was guessing facebook since it seems like the smart people are on it. Or maybe it's the introverted aspect of it that keep us away?

Seems like most folks on this board are at least moderately gifted...and they hang out here

I don't know...I think finding a site which was just about adult gifted folks would be less interesting, at least for me, although I have considered looking into something like that.

Partly this is because I have kids, partly because a lot of the major issues which gifted folks run into happen/start before they are 18 ....and there is really an actual problem (or problems) which need to be dealt with in schools and education for gifted children - stuff that can really harm some kids and at a minimum holds them back.
I know not everyone here is a parent but all seem interested in the questions around gifted education.
I think a lot of the camaraderie here would be less sincere if we were really focusing on ourselves and our own problems...

I use facebook a bit; I think I have a link back to this site too. I don't really care if anyone thinks I'm weird or that I think I am smart online, or that I think my kids are smart .
I think gwishy is the new term!

Ps, welcome, hope you hang out at least a bit. There are lots of posts asking about adults' recollections of growing up gifted around here, so even if you don't have kids, don't feel like you won't have anything to offer...
Do you have children you are trying to figure out, or yourself? Hope that's not too forward!

And even though we are mainly here as parents, at the rate things change inside school systems, lots of the hardest work we do will not benifit out own kids. That's why I joke that our rally cry should be: "For the Grandchildren!"

This is where we hang out!

I prefer this board because I don't really need most of my casual acquaintances knowing what my crazy kid is up to, what his crazy needs are, and my own musings on giftedness. I think we've got a pretty active community here and I'm very happy with it!

I do have a group of online friends with HG+ kids that moved to FB after our main board switched formats -- it was a bad change and we were looking for somewhere else to go. But ... we've got another private board going elsewhere because Facebook just seems like a very public place for a lot of the discussions that go on. Not that people can't find *this* board ... but I'm much more anonymous here than I am on Facebook.

Stick around here if you're looking for gifted adults! I think we've got a pretty great group here.

It's certainly a very polite and kind group here, while still being honest. I think we really take good care of one another, but respectful disagreements are okay. Both parts are important to me. I like nice people who make me think!

The anonymous here is good. Like Mia, I don't post about my nutty children on FB either. Here, talking openly about them fits perfectly. There--with all my old high school acquaintances and sorority sisters--it would sound *really* out of place!

what they said.

Here is a site for gifted adults that was formed when the SENG forum board closed:
http://mygiftedlife.org/

I used to be involved with that when it first started up, but it is mostly gifted adults and I wanted more of a parenting board. I guess I find I have more issues as the parent of a gifted child than as a gifted adult myself. So, I'm happy here. But the group on mygiftedlife is a good group of people, so you might want to try that if you are looking for adult conversation, debate over unique needs of giftedness and adults, intellectual discussion of issues, etc.

I find myself between this board and the Circle of Moms: Moms of the Highly Gifted. The interesting thing is this board is more advanced and further along on their search and understanding for advocating for their children and the Circle of Mom site is more of a first time what is this? group of people. You get more questions about defining gifted. I kind of like the mix, still being one that needs help in this group and then helping others in the other group. I guess it is kind of like paying it forward.