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Originally Posted by Vincentboucher  ********************Myth 7: Gifted children are glowing with psychological health.
The Reality: As with a disability, giftedness can lead to unhappiness and social isolation. With adult minds in children's bodies, profoundly gifted children tend to be persecuted by other children. They tend to find little commonality with their age peers, relating to older children or adults. ************************************************** * |
You know, on this point, I actually agree with you. Gifted children generally do have many social problems. I do not, however, believe that the average gifted adult is any worse off than the average adult.
Here are the metrics that will make me change those beliefs:
Intelligent (130+) vs. the middle average (129 - 71).
1) Percentage in jail for social crimes (rape, murder, etc)
2) percentage undergone drug rehab
3) Marriage rate
4) Divorce rate
5) suicide rate
Those are what I consider good measures of social skills, and fitting in with society.
Here's my 30,000 ft view on why gifted kids have the isolation problems: 1) they find their peers dull and boring. 2) They annoy the krap out of older kids. 3) the school system is designed to make kids fear all adults, so the gifted kids fear relating to adults.