Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted, Adults and Children
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Deborah Ruf
Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D. founded Educational Options to “help the families of gifted children, particularly highly and profoundly gifted children, to know where to begin their search for answers related to gifted issues.” She is author of Losing Our Minds: Gifted Children Left Behind.
By Deborah Ruf
Published on 10/15/2006
One
must earn the gift through hard work, accomplishment, and good
attitude. Many people view high intelligence with a mixture of fear,
interest, admiration, resentment, contempt, suspicion, and
appreciation.
Most
of us are familiar with the sometimes rather delighted observation,
“Even though he was really smart as a kid, he hasn’t amounted to
anything.”