My parents pulled me out of public school for being too advanced and put me in a competitive gifted program where I learned that love is conditional on achievement and I am thirty-eight and still cannot accept affection without earning it.
More people experience this than they realize.
High-pressure academic environments have conflated personal worth with intellectual performance.
“Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.