ABSTRACT
Typical relationship issues, including developing healthy friendships, bullying problems, trying to "fit in" and handling peer pressure, are appropriate topics for role-playing and parent coaching. Let's look at the dialogue more closely and see if the authors can see if they can decipher where things went wrong. When this becomes a regular part of the dialogue the child learns to evaluate the impact of their behavior. The extreme emotional nature of gifted children makes dealing with bullying particularly difficult, as the situations often deteriorate rapidly and lead to a host of other problems including significant anxious-like symptoms. The child has ended the dialogue completely in this scenario with nothing resolved and an even bigger emotional concern. Song's case seems to be more of a problem of two friends arguing, but in some cases, gifted children can experience more painful bullying.
