Our daughter, Bryna, is now twelve and a half, takes pride in knowing that she is the only one in our circles that is an expert in cryptozoology (whatever that is), now signs her name with a symbol (like Prince of yore), and has decided to change her name to Bree. God help us.
Friends and acquaintances all mention how smart they think our girl is. Bryna hears these compliments also. We try to keep her self esteem up but it is all backfiring a bit. Like many GT students, I hear, they put their selves under a pressure to perform -- usually above their capabilities. Their interests and tendency to pontificate does not gel well with their peers. They sometimes feel like a square peg in a round hole. There are challenges in school and at home that can become very serious.
After Bryna was "identified" as GT in a certain area, we, the parents, were invited to attend a couple sessions and classes in order to understand our situation. We would like to share what we got out of this for other GT and parents of GT students.
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