My eight-year-old tested into the gifted program and now sits alone at lunch every day because the other kids call her a freak and she comes home crying asking why being smart has to hurt so much.
More people experience this than they realize.
The child's intellectual advancement has created a painful gap between cognitive ability and social belonging.
“Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.