The Anxiety of Raising Gifted Children: Why Optimizing Their Full Potential Can Break Them (and Us)

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Writing result-oriented ad copy is difficult, as it must appeal to, entice, and convince consumers to take action. "On our way home, I just kept thinking… I only made it to third place in the competition. I could feel the air in the car. I could sense my mom’s disappointment. Everyone thought I’d make it to the state champion, but I failed myself. I failed my family. I failed my mom. She even got me this amazing outfit just for the competition. So what now…" (shared here with permission and lightly edited to protect privacy.) That quote was from a real child I worked with—not a dramatic exaggeration, not an outlier. Just a bright kid, gifted and adored, crushed under the weight of their own achievement. His mom hadn’t said anything harsh. In fact, she’d said all the right things: "We’re proud of you," "You did your best," "It’s okay." When we spoke afterward, she told me, "I feel like my son only sees himself as 'the smart one' and worries constantly about maintaining that image. That

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The Anxiety of Raising Gifted Children: Why Optimizing Their Full Potential Can Break Them (and Us)

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