I support SENG because it addresses the most significant obstacle to success of happiness for gifted children: social and emotional issues that come with giftedness, significant distress, and loss of productivity. Childhood is the incubator that either feeds or suffocates the potential in a gifted person. It is very hard to recover from the trauma of being a child, gifted, and misunderstood. Each characteristic of giftedness can promote a feeling of alienation that interferes with good mental health. SENG promotes awareness of these issues and disseminates strategies to help children and their parents negotiate childhood well.
