A home PC is something the whole family can use and enjoy. One should encourage the child to use the computer for more practical activities as well as for recreational use. Fields of interest can be widened via the computer. Reading can be encouraged by giving access to magazines and books about computers. Not only material on the use of computers, but information on the history and development of computers and mathematics could also be made available.
Stories written on a word processor can help improve literacy skills.
Family finances and the child's personal finances can be kept on a database. There are obvious links between computers and extending the mathematical skills of a talented child. Joining the computer club at school or a community computer users' group or tapping into Electronic Bulletin Boards will bring the child into contact with people of similar interests. Most talented children know they are different and take it in their stride. Others may feel inferior.