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Hello and welcome.
The following article contains information that is extremely useful to new homeschooling families.
It addresses a number of areas that we know you have an interest/concern and provides a number of references for further study.
When you finish with this article we recommend that you read the companion article "Homeschooling Gifted Students: An Introductory Guide for Parents".
What Are the Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Children?
To a large degree, the needs of gifted children are the same as those of other children. The
same developmental stages occur, though often at a younger age (Webb & Kleine,
1993). Gifted children may face the same potentially limiting problems, such as family
poverty, substance abuse, or alcoholism. Some needs and problems, however, appear
more often among gifted children.
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