Smart Talk: What Kids Say About Growing Up Gifted

by Robert A. Schultz, Jim Delisle

When you really want to know what it's like to grow up gifted, ask gifted kids. Based on a survey of thousands of young people around the world, this candid, refreshing book helps gifted kids know they're not alone and they're definitely not "weird." Quotes from real kids ages 6-12 and brief biographies provide insight into challenges gifted children face, like trying to fit in, dealing with adults' expectations, making mistakes, and being bored in school. Activities help readers relate the information and issues to their own lives. A must for any gifted child—and for any grown-up who wants to know the good stuff and bad stuff, cool parts and different parts of growing up gifted today.

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2006

About the author

Robert A. Schultz, Ph.D., is professor of gifted education and curriculum studies at the University of Toledo in Ohio, where he directs the CIGI (Curriculum and Instruction Gifted) program and coordinates doctoral programs in curriculum and instruction and early childhood education. A man of many hats, Bob also travels the country as a consultant in gifted education and curriculum development/evaluation, working with families and teachers addressing social/emotional needs of the gifted and developing education plans for gifted and highly/profoundly gifted individuals; teaches in public schools; and conducts research in and writes about giftedness--especially from the perspective of children, teens, and young adults (with more than 100 articles and book chapters and three books under his belt). Most importantly, he is better known as Dad to his kids.