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[quote=Anonymous]   My son is gifted in the non-verbal domain and I haven't told anyone.

I have a friend who makes sure EVERYONE knows he is in a gifted program leaving out he was far from qualifying scorewise initially. She gets mortified everytime said gifted child says something or does something in public that would lead one to question his giftedness.

I was gifted according to scores and so were my siblings. Never told anyone. IMO it's somewhat meaningless. The IQ score is a number that gives you a little info, but not much. It tells you the person handles testing situations well. It tells you they may do well academically or not.

I have met plenty of adults who were not in gifted programs and they are very successful in career and personal life. Have met just as many gifted program folks who are a mess. Sometimes I think you do more harm than good blowing too much hot air up a kid's a$s.

I say compliment hard work and kindness and make a big deal about those things. An IQ score is not something you work hard for and IMO it can give people a false sense of "specialness."[/quote]

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