Strategies for Parenting Considerations and Strategies for Parenting the Gifted Child James Alvino Parents of gifted children are typically the single most important influence in their child's development, outlook and fulfillment of talent.
Parents are truly the guardians and nurturers of their children's talents.
The home environment is critical in nurturing giftedness and instilling the values conducive to its full blossoming. This monograph, culled from the research and work of many experts in the fields of child development and gifted education, focuses on a number of key environmental, academic, and affective variables. The monograph offers practical suggestions for interacting with gifted children at home, for building the kind of foundation to support the edifice of talent, productivity, and self-actualization characterizing gifted adults. It is not intended to deal with all the concerns that parents of gifted children have in raising their youngsters. The specific issues addressed are some of the critical ones that the author has discussed with parents during his 20 years in the field of gifted education.