A review by mokey4
Living with Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults by Michael M. Piechowski, Susan Daniels

4.0

This book's greatest value to me was in helping me to understand my husband and my relationship with him. He is gifted, and that makes him both interesting and wonderful but also difficult to live with at times. It helps to understand that his differences are not unique to him, though they are uncommon. He is the kind of person who can talk passionately and at length on almost any subject. It's great, until I am exhausted. And he has certain sensitivities that I never realized were connected to his giftedness.

Another gift from this book was recognizing that both of my children are gifted, not just my younger one as I had previously thought. I didn't learn any new strategies for living with them, but I did get more insight into their world and I think that I am on the right track with them. I also got an idea of what the future may bring, and what I need to look for in educational opportunities for them.