Gifted Children - Long Island (Huntington: fit in, school districts, wealthy)
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I'm starting a Meetup group for the parents of gifted children to get together, discuss gifted education, their experiences in various school districts, and advocacy for gifted education. I'm also hoping to connect families together to give gifted children a social outlet to meet like-minded peers. If your interested, come and join my group at:
Gifted Children of Long Island (Huntington, NY) - Meetup.com (http://www.meetup.com/Gifted-Children-of-Long-Island/ - broken link)
I'm starting a Meetup group for the parents of gifted children to get together, discuss gifted education, their experiences in various school districts, and advocacy for gifted education. I'm also hoping to connect families together to give gifted children a social outlet to meet like-minded peers. If your interested, come and join my group at:
Gifted Children of Long Island (Huntington, NY) - Meetup.com (http://www.meetup.com/Gifted-Children-of-Long-Island/ - broken link)
Are they not smart enough to make friends on their own or are they just too weird?
Are they not smart enough to make friends on their own or are they just too weird?
If they were athletically gifted, or artistically gifted, would you be asking that question? Do a little bit of research about highly gifted children, and you will find out that they frequently do have difficulty making friends because their interests are not like that of most kids their own age. Child psychologists urge the parents of these children to put them in situations where they can meets other, same-age peers who think on the same level as they do so that they can build friendships more successfully. There is no need for animosity to be directed at a person trying to find people with similar interests or experiences.
So why don't you teach your gifted child to have some tolerance of other's who aren't as smart or, perhaps, teach him/her to make friends with a wide variety of people.
I have seen many bright (gifted) people enter the workforce and not be able to compete because they have been so cloistered for years.
Let your kid get muddied in the dirt. Won't make him less smart.
So why don't you teach your gifted child to have some tolerance of other's who aren't as smart or, perhaps, teach him/her to make friends with a wide variety of people.
I have seen many bright (gifted) people enter the workforce and not be able to compete because they have been so cloistered for years.
Let your kid get muddied in the dirt. Won't make him less smart.
What makes you think these children don't spend the majority of their time, or really ALL of their time doing just that? And why do you assume that a gifted child isn't "tolerant" of others? Young, gifted children aren't even aware of the fact that they are way ahead of where they are supposed to be. All they know is that they never quite "fit in" because they aren't into the same things they other kids their age are into. This is why parents end up putting them in gifted schools. Unfortunately, these schools are exclusive to the wealthy.
Last edited by Susan75; 06-11-2010 at 12:33 PM..
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