ABSTRACT
Placing assumptions on our child due to a one-word label—gifted—lands the peoples smack in the middle of the danger zone of unrealistic expectations. In our heart of hearts, the parents know that no gifted child, including ours, excels at everything. Placing assumptions on our child due to a one-word label—gifted—lands the parents smack in the middle of the danger zone of unrealistic expectations. The label of “gifted” should change virtually nothing about the expectations the parents have for our child, in and out of school. In an era of grade inflation and academic success at any cost, the good different, folks at Stanford university are saying they want something different, something less readily measured but patently obvious to those who know how to spot it: passion.
