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ERIC Number: EJ971474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 2
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The Call to Meaning through Service and Guardianship
Gatto-Walden, Patricia
Parenting for High Potential, v1 n4 p10-11 Jan 2012
Many intellectually gifted children have equally compassionately gifted hearts. They care deeply about the well-being of others around them and throughout the world. These caring children innately live the guiding principle of brotherhood and interdependence among all life. They worry for themselves, and they worry for others. Some days they celebrate what is occurring across the sea, while other days they may be bombarded with concern. They intrinsically know that what happens continents away have ripple effects throughout the world. Their expansive imaginations coupled with intense sensitivity can create innovative solutions to world issues, or just as readily, create frightening images of poverty, injustices, and natural disasters that could reach the nation's border. These children have an expanded world view, and the creation of a new pathway lies within them, anxious to mature and be born. It is time that adults listen to their wisdom and inner direction. While grasping a portion of the matrix-like complexities in the world, gifted children just might have the ability to simplify what is most essential and thereby what is truly needed. These children experience an inner call to action, a means of making a difference now. Adults, parents, and teachers alike need to open their minds to a new paradigm of knowing, respectfully enter into conversation on what can be done to create positive change, and then partner with them in practical and age-appropriate action.
National Association for Gifted Children. 1331 H Street NW Suite 1001, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-785-4268; Fax: 202-785-4248; e-mail: nagc@nagc.org; Web site: http://www.nagc.org/php.aspx
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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