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If I can't win ALL the games, am I really that good? As soon as that question even enters your mind, you've lost, and a lot of parents inadvertently put it there by insisting "...of course you can, you're gifted."
Not that I'm in any position to give parental advice, but if asked, I'd say this for sure — make sure your kid has space to do plenty of things where success, even partial success, is unlikely. Important that they not be pushed into doing such things, but have access to them.
I think of our kid’s gifted school more as a clutch of nerds. Then saying “of course you can do it, you’re a nerd” is less about being some kind of Demi-god than it is about applying tons of mental intention into things you personally care about
She went on zazzle and obsessively designed dozens of phones cases and hats and business cards. Yeah, maybe her “gifted” status helped somehow but it’s more the love of going down rabbit holes for far distant rewards that I’m trying to encourage
As a parent: the whole point is to build up their capability so they can fail with grace. That resilience is the only way to increase expectation of great outcomes. Coasting through life on middle class rails is no way to live.
A gifted but "normal" child would benefit most by gaining leadership experience. Which tends to happen in clubs, teams, and socially. The classes are just background to that developmental process.
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