It is estimated that only 2% of the population are gifted.
Really understanding gifted children opens up the possibility of knowing how to treat and understand them, something that rarely happens. Among the most common myths about these little ones is that they are all high-performing children, but there are cases of children who do not excel in school and do not have very good grades for various reasons such as boredom, demotivation or because the traditional and repetitive learning system it requires a predominance of the left hemisphere, while these little ones work more with the right and need another type of learning. So there is only a percentage of children with high academic achievement.
Other bad information is that they do not need support because they do not need it, but it has been proven that if these little ones do not have the correct support, they can fail and even have asthma, skin problems, digestive disorders, sleep and eating due to anxiety. try to fit into a mold that does not correspond to them. So a suitable environment favors their abilities to be exploited.
There is also a mistaken belief that they are a cause of overstimulation when they were young. Giftedness has a component of genetic inheritance and although we try to stimulate a child, we cannot create gifted children.
Children with high capacities are very sensitive and vulnerable, most have sensory or motor overexcitabilities such as noise, odors, intense light, they are uncomfortable with clothing labels, rigid fabrics and some food textures. They also have a great sense of justice and empathy that can become somewhat obsessive and anxious.
Studies comment that for children with high abilities to display their cognitive potential, it is due to 30% of cognitive factors and 70% of emotional factors.