10 Myths

about Emotional Sensitivity & Over Excitability in Gifted Children

1. Gifted students are happy, popular, and well-adjusted in school.

2. The social & emotional development of a gifted student is at the same level
as his or her intellectual development.

3. Gifted children are easy to raise or teach and are a welcomed addition to
any family or classroom.

4. Sensitive children are melodramatic and make a fuss over nothing.

5. Smart kids will take care of themselves.

6. Gifted kids are naturally creative and do not need encouragement to do

anything.

7. Children with intense emotional feelings will grow out of them in

adulthood.

8. Children with intellectual intensity choose to be disrespectful &

challenging.

9. Children with a strong emotional OE (Over Excitability) actually have

bipolar disorder.

10. Children diagnosed with psychomotor OE really have ADHD.