Posted by Dinah on March 1, 2005, at 19:30:20
In reply to Re: Gifted children » Dinah, posted by stresser on March 1, 2005, at 19:18:20
I'm trying to picture my son, who has a highly developed sense of guilt and superego, ending up being manipulative. So far I've failed. He's so compliant and overly good. I know there is a big difference between a little one and the teens, but somehow I always figured that he would end up like his dad and I. The goody two shoes whose social group exerted positive peer influence on each other.
The play therapist said that she isn't at all worried that he'll ever act out. She's more afraid he'll be one of those kids who contemplate suicide for not getting into a top tier college. Well, we'll take the pressure off there. We can't pay for a top tier college. :)
He does lie more than I did at the same age, though. But he lies very badly, which I think is a very good sign.
Can you think of anything you could have done differently when she was young?
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