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Summary: Perfect for Parents
Review: Dr. Callard-Szulgit's book provides helpful insights into raising perfectionist children. Often an ignored topic in educational literature, it is something that many parents have to deal with, but few know where to turn. This book is one of the places where they can.
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Summary: Callard-Szulgit Does It Again!
Review: Dr. Rosemary Callard-Szulgit's book is an eye-opener. As the parent of a young, extremely gifted child, and having been a gifted child myself, I have found this book an invaluable asset. In an honest, direct, and reassuring way, this author has demystified an insidious and crippling personality trait often accompanying precocious intellect. The book's simplicity and humor are unpretentious and distil the essence of the problem without too much verbage (as I usually find in other books on this complex subject, making them unrealistic choices for most busy families). I am recommending this book to another family. The concrete suggestions on developing inter- and intra-personal awareness have helped me now feel 100% confident about raising my gifted child with excellent emotional intelligence and social skills. And through this woman's brave sharing of her own personal battle with perfectionism, I have begun to free up my own life for greater efficieny and enjoyment. This writer certainly "practices what she preaches" in her fresh, uncontrived, winning approach.
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Summary: got a gifted kid? GET THIS!
Review: Dr. Rosemary Callard-Szulgit's book is an eye-opener. As the parent of a young, extremely gifted child, and having been a gifted child myself, I have found this book an invaluable asset. In an honest, direct, and reassuring way, this author has demystified an insidious and crippling personality trait often accompanying precocious intellect. The book's simplicity and humor are unpretentious and distil the essence of the problem without too much verbage (as I usually find in other books on this complex subject, making them unrealistic choices for most busy families). I am recommending this book to another family. The concrete suggestions on developing inter- and intra-personal awareness have helped me now feel 100% confident about raising my gifted child with excellent emotional intelligence and social skills. And through this woman's brave sharing of her own personal battle with perfectionism, I have begun to free up my own life for greater efficieny and enjoyment. This writer certainly "practices what she preaches" in her fresh, uncontrived, winning approach.
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Summary: Callard-Szulgit Does It Again!
Review: I've read both of Dr.Callard-Szulgit's books and have found them to be invaluable resources of information for parents, teachers and our gifted children! Bravo to this author for sharing her real life experiences as well as her 36 years of experiences working directely with gifted children of all ages. Her suggestions really work, too! I can't wait to read the author's third book, "Teaching the Gifted in an Inclusion Classroom:Activities That Work." I'm sure that book will be a Godsend to all parents of gifted children as well.
Thank you Dr. Callard-Szulgit, with heartfelt sincerity.
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Summary: Helpful for our neurotic little Johnny.
Review: Many helpful tips and tricks to help a single dad (me) raise my bright, gifted, yet neurotic little guy. Thanks. Looking forward to the next publication.
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Summary: Helping our children
Review: More help for all of us who struggle with advancing the needs of our "gifted" children. Dr. Callard's insights give my son the room he needs to acquire knowledge at the rate he is capable of, as opposed to what the rest of us are comfortable with. Dr. Callard is right on in identifying problems that confront both children and parents. We greatly anticipate her next offering. For those intent on offering "chin music" with regards to this subject count pages rather than focusing on issues inherent in providing a suitable education for our children. We who live daily with the demands of our exceptional children look to Dr. Callard and her collegues for facilitation while others simply post prejudicial barriers.
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Summary: Helping our children
Review: More help for all of us who struggle with advancing the needs of our "gifted" children. Dr. Callard's insights give my son the room he needs to acquire knowledge at the rate he is capable of, as opposed to what the rest of us are comfortable with. Dr. Callard is right on in identifying problems that confront both children and parents. We greatly anticipate her next offering. For those intent on offering "chin music" with regards to this subject count pages rather than focusing on issues inherent in providing a suitable education for our children. We who live daily with the demands of our exceptional children look to Dr. Callard and her collegues for facilitation while others simply post prejudicial barriers.
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Summary: Very disappointing...
Review: Thus far I have found Dr. Callard-Szulgit's book very disappointing. It is filled with self-promotion (there is a reference to buy her "other" book in almost every chapter) and random anecdotes about her own life, but very little tangible information to help its readers. It almost seems as though she's using the pages as personal therapy. Don't be fooled by the number of pages listed for the book either--many of them are taken up by exceedingly similar (and some are actually repeated) one-cell "comics"; when you take away the blank pages and other wasted space, there is very little written material in this book. Even then, much of it is regurgitated information from other quoted sources. If you really want to read this book, borrow it from your local library or university, as I did. Dr. Callard-Szulgit claims to be a recovering perfectionist, but there is nothing "perfectionist" about this disappointing piece of work.
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