Should we start a "gifted child" forum? Good grief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The primary push behind the longevity of the threads about giftedness comes from people who feel compelled to post with hostile, mocking and snarky responses.

If you see the word "gifted" in the title of a thread and you do not have a sincere interest in the topic, then simply move along.

I agree with this. It seems like an occasional, labeled thread on the general parenting board makes a lot of sense.

[Anonymous]

I am the OP, and I think that after reading so many posts from the gifted parents that maybe they SHOULD have a forum. I mean, they have very SPECIFIC issues and do not quite fall into special needs forum (which they say, not me). Could we try it? Scratch it if it does not enough traffic.

[Anonymous]

I meant "get enough traffic".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know that having gifted children can present some major challenges, from crap teachers to over easy curriculum to behavior issues to boredom to overdoing it, underdoing it, the list goes on.

BUT lately there have been some threads that have the "woe is me" sound to them. I liken the problems to "I am TOO beautiful and people at work resent me." or "I work out too much and my body is SO awesome, people are jealous" or "my sex life is off the charts, I cannot even find time to eat." These are problems real to the people having them, but eye-roll inducing to those who do not.

Do you mind posting a link to the thread that is bugging you so much? I've obviously been missing something here.