“Good fit” in the context of school and social life means that people feel as though they belong.
First, “good fit” in the context of school and social life means that the children feel as though they belong, that they are not outliers, or lonely, or weird compared to the others. Children who grow up feeling like they don’t belong all-too-often turn into adults who also feel that way.
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My newest book, Losing Our Minds: Too Many Gifted Children Left Behind, is available now on Amazon and B&N. It is all about “good fit.” It is all about who got it and who didn’t and why that was the case. It’s about how people of the same intellectual promise turn out so differently from one another.
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