I've known a couple of gifted children, and they were pushed to the edge by well-meaning but overbearing parents.
I went to a HS for gifted kids, I'm forced to admit. A couple of us did have parents like this, but not all. I've taught a few times at a geek summer camp (CTY) though, and lots of the students I saw there weren't particularly lots of the parents I saw there didn't have particularly gifted kids, they just pushed them until the breaking point.
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Date: 2006-05-03 03:06 pm (UTC)I went to a HS for gifted kids, I'm forced to admit. A couple of us did have parents like this, but not all. I've taught a few times at a geek summer camp (CTY) though, and lots of the
students I saw there weren't particularlylots of the parents I saw there didn't have particularly gifted kids, they just pushed them until the breaking point.