Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Unwrapping the Gifted

In case you missed it, Tamara Fisher added another terrific post to her blog. It's about gifted kids having the right to make mistakes.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/

I believe this comes from within for my daughter. My husband and I are the same way. My husband is so used to being at the top of the class or at work that he is almost afraid to learn anything new. I can see this in my daughter (11) sometimes. I "force" new experiences on them all the time. I am a "learning for learning's sake" type of person.

I remember teaching my daughter Spanish when we were living near Mexico and it was all around us. She was about seven then. Her reponse was that she did not know Spanish. This scared me and reminded me of her dad. So, I knew that I had to work on this trait.

She woke up at five o'clock on the last day of her school that she attended to complete a brochure for class. I kept telling her that it would not even be graded before she left and that her teacher did not need her work. She felt she had to get it done - and did. This happens all the time for her.

What a great article, thanks for reminding me about her blog!

I have made a point of exposing my DS6 to things that he's not good at, mainly athletics. It's helped to give him a healthy view of himself in terms of not being the best at everything. That other people excel in areas that he never will.