tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615382209822345865.post3974310207271908980..comments2022-04-27T11:09:24.675+01:00Comments on Irish Gifted Education Blog: Gifted Children and the Growth MindsetCatherine Riordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15964590743642132171noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615382209822345865.post-37528410793878913302013-02-07T18:56:29.096+00:002013-02-07T18:56:29.096+00:00I am strong beleiver that all children need the op...I am strong beleiver that all children need the oportunity to fail. If you don't fail, you don't learn to deal with it. For a bright child failure, if unexpected, can be a turn-off and the start of giving up. If, however they meet failure in a structured and supportive environment then they learn strategies to deal with it, and work out what is going wrong, they learn to seek help, and toJuxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615382209822345865.post-59892381568368721972013-01-24T21:11:29.397+00:002013-01-24T21:11:29.397+00:00Thank you for your kind comments. It was an itch t...Thank you for your kind comments. It was an itch that just had to be scratched!Frazzledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394222261583018538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615382209822345865.post-91364324159330995442013-01-24T19:02:47.166+00:002013-01-24T19:02:47.166+00:00Hi Frazzled,
I support you in your feelings of be...Hi Frazzled,<br /><br />I support you in your feelings of being frazzled. <br /><br />First, gifted children can develop psycho-social problems when their needs are not met http://www.positivedisciplineandgiftedchildren.com/2012/07/what-does-gifted-mean-response-to.html.<br /><br />Second,I wholeheartedly agree that gifted children deserve challenges both from educators and ourselves as parents Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485368075119673093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615382209822345865.post-37464059447030659422013-01-23T22:45:33.328+00:002013-01-23T22:45:33.328+00:00Thank you Catherine. I saw reference to this also,...Thank you Catherine. I saw reference to this also, but overwhelmed with my own workload at the present, I had to let it pass by. You have made a thoughtful and honest review, which neither breathes of "self-absorption", but David's comments to you are certainly "breath-taking". Love the work you and many others like you do. Thanks.Debbie Smithhttp://www.debbie.co.nznoreply@blogger.com