Afraid of success

[Anonymous]

Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

[Anonymous]

Yes. I wish I could have successfully addressed it. If I could go back, I would try harder to find a good therapist. Don't ask me how to find one because I failed.

[Anonymous]

Natural consequences. If they don't put in the appropriate effort, they live with natural consequences. They are lowered to an educational level that is appropriate for their efforts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Natural consequences. If they don't put in the appropriate effort, they live with natural consequences. They are lowered to an educational level that is appropriate for their efforts.

You may not be in this situation with an afraid gifted child. What you are saying only makes it worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

afraid of success may be because that child is not gifted? if so, live a normal life, no need to help at all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

afraid of success may be because that child is not gifted? if so, live a normal life, no need to help at all

Thanks, Dr. Phil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

What does that mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

yes. Reiterating they cannot win all the time, and learn to deal with disappointments. Work on their fear of success as well as failure, focus on emotional development, encourage them to get out of their narrow comfort zone and try new things from scratch even if starting far behind their peers. Focus on individual effort much more than "gifted" natural ability for consistent results. And when success comes, accept it not with a swell head but with humility and gratitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

Maybe they're not gifted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

Maybe they're not gifted?

What an insightful point! Thanks. I’ll look into that.

[Anonymous]

Hoagiesgifted.org is an excellent resource about gifted kids. DCUM is not ever the place to go about concerns related to giftedness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your gifted child afraid of success?

What do you do to help them?

afraid of success may be because that child is not gifted? if so, live a normal life, no need to help at all

Thanks, Dr. Phil.

The possible answer is not any different than your guess that a child is afraid of success. Maybe ask the teacher. They’ve taught every type of student there is.