Children that are gifted or talented may face more stresses than their peers. They have more stresses because they sometimes have a hard time understanding their limitations. They often have a hard time drawing the fine line between excelling and attempting perfection. All children face some stresses in life, but as a gifted or talented child they may face more. Some signs of stress could be.
Suffers from sleeplessness or hard to wake up
Complains of ailments frequently such as headaches, stomachaches
Needs constant support and reassurance
Acts out aggressively often to seek attention
Exhausted - mentally, emotionally and physically
There are unhealthy ways of coping with stress. If a child is showing signs of s
Not trying because failure is too risky
There are several healthy ways of coping. Perspective, support, humor, motivation can all make a big difference with coping. To do this they must do some if not all of the following.
tress it could be because he/she is trying to cope with his /her anxieties unsuccessfully. There are many different things a child could do to help with coping with his/ her problems. Some forms of unhealthy coping could be as follows.