Why don’t all gifted children get rich or turn into high functioning adults?
I knew when I was in 2nd grade that I would be a teacher and then I’d advance to being a principal. Then I had children. Oops! That threw pretty much everything off as far as planning goes. I needed to figure out how to keep up with — and support the development of — my three smart young children first.
How did I become a nonfiction writer about giftedness?
Long before I thought to create my consultancy, or my first book, I began to speak to parent and educator groups and visit scores of families as part of just doing what many parents tend to do with playgrounds, activities, etc., while also trying to see what others were doing with their own bright children. As other parents and I discussed motivation, problems, successes, personal interactions, and other areas of life, the dogging question that came to me would always revolve around discovering what intelligence really is and how it affects a person’s emotions, viewpoints, abilities, and social life. What’s true and what’s not true about the impact of high intelligence on any of these outcomes? I wrote articles, newsletter pieces, and handouts about what I was learning in all these areas….
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