Posted by stresser on March 1, 2005, at 19:18:20
In reply to Gifted children, posted by Dinah on March 1, 2005, at 10:25:20
I answered a little too quickly to the above posting, and should have read these before posting my response. My daughter, whom I am having a difficult time dealing with ( she is bipolar II)has a very hight IQ, and when in 7th grade was put in a gifted and talented program. She took the SAT, ACT, in the 7th, 8th, and 9th and 10th grade. She is very smart, but since entering high school her grades have fallen, and she has become depressed and developed a binge eating disorder. Things rapidly became worse and one thing lead to another, so here we are. She is a junior in high school, and she is very dissapointed at not being in NHS, or in the top 10 percent of her class. It has been especaially hard on us, her parents. What you think will be, sometimes isn't...and it's such a shame. She is seeing her third psychologist, and I think we have found the "one", for her. So far he has changed her medication and things are improving, but we still have a lot of drama. She's very manipulative, and that's where having the high IQ comes in...in a negative way. It would take me several hours to plan out what she can think up off the top of her head. Having a high IQ is great, but there are negative aspects (and can be used against you, sigh!) Just some food for thought. My son is an average child, we have NOT PUSHED HIM at all. He makes A's and B's, and we're happy with that if he's doing his best. I just thought this could help some of you, I know it would have been nice to know this about ten years ago myself. Keep up the good work, it sounds like all of you are doing a great job. -L
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