Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips for Raising Happy and Successful Gifted Children

This has been the best book on giftedness I have read. It really helped me understand our 6 year old daughter and myself. It made me laugh and cry a little and has already helped us in dealing with our daughter. The author has really done well in providing a rich understanding of the joys and hardships of being gifted and the need for parents to help with their education and on them still being kids. A must read for anyone trying to raise a gifted child.

A book for parents who know their child is gifted and who want to learn about their child's inner landscape. Not for parents who are wondering HOW to get their child into their school's gifted program. I checked out many books from the public library, looking for one like this. The others devote multiple early chapters to testing, which was a moot point for me. Have been recommending it to other TAG parents as the "if you're only going to read one book on giftedness, this is it" book.

This completely explained my child. Thank you for helping me to understand her and how her mind works. This is the beginning to parenting my child the way she needs.

Not really the book that I have expected, but it ended up being better than I expected. The author analyzes different types of giftedness, gives many real life examples and quotes, talks about gifted adults - something that I haven't encountered yet in this type of literature - and in general helps to change your general attitude towards giftedness. For me, the attitude change (not "ten tips..."!) is the factor that makes easier to deal with many related to giftedness issues (academic, social, emotional). Just two examples of what turned out to be really helpful for me: - list of phrases that most of us use all the time with gifted kids, but that should be avoided ("You are so smart, I expected better from you" - this is my favourite - unfortunately!) - reference to couple of books "Philosophy for kids" and advice how to deal with questions of this type (again, how do YOU answer the question "Why does God allow murder?" from 6-years old?) Highly recommended for all parents of gifted kids - and even more, for parents who are not sure whether their kids are gifted.

Parenting Gifted Kids: Tips For Raising Happy And Successful Children by James R. Delisle (Professor of Gifted Education at Kent State University) is an informative and "parent friendly" reference for enabling a truly gifted child to expressively and productively achieve their life goals, develop sound character, and general enjoy their life. Examining overly excitable children, the type of gift granted to each child, working with the school system, dealing with perfectionist children, being a positive role model, building a child's character, and helping kids achieve their set goals and dreams, Parenting Gifted Kids is very highly recommended reading, especially to all new parents of a gifted child.