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When Gifted Children Show Extreme Emotional Intensity

My seven-year-old reads at a high school level but still has meltdowns like a toddler and everyone acts like she is manipulating them when she is just overwhelmed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Advanced cognitive ability coexists with age-appropriate emotional regulation challenges.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?”

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