Comments on: Burnout in Gifted Children

By: Eleni

Eleni — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:32:59 +0000

In reply to Martina.

Hello Martina.
Could you recommend a movie or some movies?

Thanks in advance,
Eleni

By: Abigail Oblnder

Abigail Oblnder — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:01:36 +0000

In reply to Hannah Vincent. As a fellow gifted kid with burnout, this is the truest statement I have ever heard. Learning that nothing has to be perfect and how no one had to be was when I started to break the cycle. Now I do my school for me and cross the bridge of grades when I come to it. Thanks to the person who commented this from a stranger.

By: Envy

Envy — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:04:46 +0000

As someone with gifted kid burnout, grades and assignment dates are the biggest thing that gifted kids are worrying about. As a parent, you should make sure that your kid knows that sometimes it is okay to not get an A. Another thing that has helped me personally is sometimes just taking a day off of school to focus on a specific assignment that I’m struggling on. Kids sometimes need breaks from taking in seven subjects of information each day, and it can be extremely exhausting.

By: Martina

Martina — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:01:34 +0000

Another important thing is to teach your kids to identify and express their feelings. You can even introduce your kids to books and movies where characters embrace their uniqueness, have courage, and take measured risks.

By: Hannah Vincent

Hannah Vincent — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:35:44 +0000

As a gifted kid with burnout, make it okay to not do school perfectly. Instead of asking why your kid got a B for science, praise them for doing good or just simply say “that’s okay don’t worry about it”. Some kids just need to know that mediocrity is okay, and to not stress over small stuff

By: Corina Villarreal

Corina Villarreal — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:51:54 +0000

I agree that there are different kinds of burnout. The burnout in gifted children I think tends to be in lack of praise, drive/motivation, exhaustion.