The Problem of Pain
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Stephanie Tolan
Stephanie S. Tolan writes novels for children and young adults, is co-author of the book "Guiding the Gifted Child", writes about giftedness for Advanced Development Journal and Roeper Review, and is a consultant on highly gifted children.
By Stephanie Tolan
Published on 10/20/2006
Unfortunately, the calls I do get make it clear that neither more
information nor a greater sense of community has eradicated parental
desperation. Life for highly gifted children and their families
can still be enormously difficult. What the parents who call me
are dealing with is pain -- often intense pain -- their children’s and
their own.