BEING THE PARENT OF A GIFTED CHILD

Having a child who is different from his/her peers regarding speed and depth of learning and scope of fields of interest and is found to be “gifted” may be scary for all families. Parents have a high responsibility to increase the skills of gifted children to the highest attainable point and sustain that level, particularly in the early ages of the child’s life. Parents can realize the high responsibility of increasing the skills, interests and capacities of gifted children to the highest level only through understanding them well, observing them and directing them positively. This study elaborates on some issues that need to be taken into consideration by parents that have a gifted child to develop guiding creative approaches.