ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors talks about their gifted son, Peter. Peter rebels against restraints of any sort. He has no tolerance for boring, repetitive activities. Peter is not a bad student by any measure. Peter is not motivated, however, by the same things that motivate most children. He will put incredible time and energy into that which interests him and do as little as possible with things he dislikes. Peter met a pen pal and attended workshops with other gifted children. Peter has never attended one of his Individualized Education Program team meetings, but the author and authors’ wife have decided that it is time for him to develop a relationship with them. Peter worked with the Educational Program for Gifted Youth Program from Stanford University for math. Peter was with his age peers in seventh grade and went to the high school to take math and science.
