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Scenario

When Seeking Intellectual Peers Creates Elitist Attitudes

My son tested as profoundly gifted at age five and I have spent ten years trying to find him intellectual peers but now he cannot handle being around anyone less intelligent and I fear I have created a monster.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Pursuit of cognitive matching has fostered intellectual superiority and social isolation.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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