Gifted children can turn into insecure, anxious and depressed gifted adults when sibling and other family interactions in childhood make them doubt their value and lovability. It doesn’t take much emotional abuse (bullying by a family member) for a gifted child to believe something is wrong with them, not the bully.
In the book, which is based on case studies over a twenty year period, I included a chapter on siblings. Having already described parenting styles, personalities, intellectual levels, etc. earlier in the book, I saw patterns emerge. When I had access to more than one child in the family being interviewed for the book, I could learn their different views and experiences.
More than a year after the release of the The Five Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: What They Tell Us (2023), I created a trilogy – a series of smaller, stand-alone books – where readers can choose the topics that most interest them and that isn’t hard to carry around. This post is from the 3rd book in the newer series. In this post, I refer to the chapters from The Five Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: What They Tell Us (2023).
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