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The Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook

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My son was thrilled to receive this book. He immediately began to see himself described in every chapter. He has always felt different and out of sync with his peers. This book helped him to understand himself and feel good about his "gift".

This was truly an excellent book for any teen who is gifted. I've been gifted since I was very young and I've never fit in with any of the other kids. I've always been much more mature and on a much higher level than the rest of the kids my age. This book showed me that I should be proud about being gifted, and shouldn't worry about fitting in. This is a must read for any gifted teen.

This book makes you feel good about being "gifted" - you know you aren't the only one around in that situation. A lot of nice examples, and it's very uplifting. Too bad it couldn't cover overseas examples though.

This book truly meets the needs of gifted kids like myself. When I read this book, it was like the author was talking to me. I am a gifted kid myself, and I have been through the advantages and disadvantages of being gifted. Every child, gifted, or not gifted should read this book!!

I am a coordinator for gifted programs and often need a resource for gifted students. I like this one because it is written for the students to read themselves and deals with problems they face on their own level. I keep several copies and loan them out to students as needed.

I'm fourteen and my mother got me this book for Christmas. I'm only about a seventy-five pages in and I can see myself and my problems accurately described over and over again. There are reasonable and useable solutions for the problems I do have and I plan to use a few. The only problem I'm having with the book is how it is constantly telling me how gifted I am. Maybe that's one of my problems (I hate people telling me I'm smart, especially 'gifted'), but it feels like overkill and makes the entire book feel a bit awkward.

i picked this up because it's the sort of thing that wasn't available to me when i needed it years ago and i was curious. i'm impressed with the career advice given, although far too many pages are devoted to getting into college. every gifted kid (possibly every kid) is going to be inundated with grades/college stuff without this book. i particularly like that the authors address subjects which can be touchy or entirely skipped over in some environments, such as drinking, drugs, sex, depression and teen suicide.

however, while the book spends a bit of time on special issues for gifted girls, gifted boys, and gifted minority students, and even includes a list of suggestions of 'ways to fight racism in your school', it makes no mention whatsoever of sexual orientation. gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens are at special risk for depression and suicide due to actual social rejection and/or feeling like it's not okay to openly be themselves. they are also well represented in the gifted population. to deal with both issues simultaneously is something that deserves a special word or two, just as minority students' concerns were so thoughtfully addressed.

if this book is updated, i hope the authors will include this issue in the section on dealing with prejudice. its omission tends to send the wrong message. i was thinking of buying copies of this for some young teenagers i know, but if i have to write notes in the margins before giving them out... well, let's just say i'm still deliberating.