Think About It
Abstract
Parent PerspectiveThink About It SAGE Publications, Inc.1972DOI: 10.1177/001698627201600209 Juliana Gensley Department of Elementary Education, California State College, Long Beach, California The Annual Meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children presented so many stimulating ideas that you will be hearing echoes for many issues of the GCQ. Several sessions were planned for parents. On Friday, 25 February, a panel with Charlotte Malone, Joyce Sonntag, and Juliana Gensley discussed "Helping Parents of Gifted Children." The audience was composed of parents, teachers, counselors, and one gifted child of high school age, whom we'll call Dick. The three word title of this article is a verbatim quotation from Dick. Dick had come to the conference in Long Beach from San Diego. As he listened to adults talking to adults about gifted children, and how adults could solve their problems, he realized that he represented a special kind of expertise. The panel encourage him to participate, and in a very few minutes he was helping the rest of the audience to understand the very special problems faced by young people who learn easily and quickly. Adults are tempted to instruct bright children by telling them, by giving them right answers. If the