Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook

All parents would benefit from reading Carol's book because we all want our little "Star" to be the best they can be. But how do we deal with the downside of being gifted? Carol covers the good, the bad and the downright enlightening viewpoint that even "disabled" are gifted. As a social worker I love her wholesome, healthy approaches - relax a little she says, listen to your kids. I loved Chapter 8 because I think mentoring helps both the mentor and the child because it is about connectedness. Find out more from Carol - I want a second book telling us more about how to help the underachiever. My own gifted child suffered because his mom(a social butterfly) didn't get that he was brillant but socially struggling. I wish I'd had Carol's book. I'm making sure my children have her book and I'm recommending it to my peers and clients and to you.

While raising my twelve years old gifted son I've faced lot of issues. This book addresses some of the most important problems I've faced. Specially when society expects a lot from them, and no, a gifted children is not expected to get straight A's on every single subject most of his life. The books help parents to set real expectations and how to help your kid to set them too. A great book!

My daughter is a physician with a highly active, energetic, very intense 12, soon to be 13, year old boy. I taught for 35 years and worked with both ADHD and gifted children. I needed all the information I could glean to deal with the times I care for my grandson. My daughter and son were both gifted. My son was non-complient, under preforming but found himself and peers in college.

Great insight into my daughter. It's explained a few things and how to help her.

This book seems to just scratch the surface of "Giftedness". I felt it lacked empirical data and was highly contradictory.many other books are more meaningful! try "Gifted 101".This is a good beginning but read other titles for a well rounded contrast.

I have read a lot of books on raising gifted kids, but this one is a bit different. It assumes you know what you're dealing with, and then gives you a wealth of resources for everything from homeschooling to summer camps. If you just figured out you have a gifted/talented child I don't think I'd start here, but it's absolutely worth getting as a resource to turn to when you want to figure out how to supplement your child's learning.

good book for parents / grandparents and teachers

love it...