The Problems of Gifted Children and Solution Suggestions within the Context of Parents’ Standpoint

Abstract

Inspite of the all special abilities of being gifted, it could also confront the individuals and their families with some negative situations or problems. Determining these problems is important in terms of both getting to know these individuals and all further applications and studies to be done. These problems could be learned from families, with whom children spend most of their life together in almost every period of their lives. With this idea, it was aimed in the study to determine what problems their families experience with gifted individuals and what solutions they proposed to these problems. In this qualitative study, the phenomenology pattern was used. The sample group of the study consists of 16 parents with gifted children. The data were obtained through a semi-structured interview form prepared by the researcher. The data obtained were analyzed by content analysis.