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| Jul 3, 2015 at 4:42 | comment | added | Mazura | @daveloyall That is an excellent quote. Don't get psyched-out. Keep reading. | |
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 10:46 | comment | added | Rafael Emshoff | @corsiKa Also, psychologists aren't only for the psychologically "sick". I the same way that it makes sense for healthy people to pay attention to nutrition as well as for diabetics. A psychologist can help give a unique and new perspective to someone, which can be useful for anybody at any point in life. (You might want to do some research though beforehand, as not all psychologists are automatically good in this category.) | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 4:20 | comment | added | user4758 | @corsiKa Read the section "identifying gifted children" in this Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifted_education The problem is that we don't know what ails this child and what he needs. He could have Asperger's. Or been the victim of an event that he cannot talk about to his parents (as is often the case in traumatized children). And even if he is gifted, as I assume, it is necessary to know where his talents lie and where he maybe needs help (e.g. social skills training). | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 21:28 | comment | added | daveloyall | You can find a philosopher at your nearest private liberal arts school. Call the department head and request a brief, in-person meeting regarding a nine-year-old who is asking questions you are not prepared to answer. Bring the kid. Explain that someone on the internet recommended you request the meeting. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 21:26 | comment | added | corsiKa | Taking an intelligent child to a psychologist simply because he's intelligent and you need to learn to cope makes as much sense as taking a child to the hospital because he can jump really high and you need to learn to cope. | |
| Jun 29, 2015 at 21:25 | comment | added | daveloyall |
I more or less agree with this answer, but I'd replace psychologist with philosopher. Philosophers are trained this specific subject matter. On day one of PHIL101, my professor said the terrible reality is that this subject matter kills a very small percentage of Freshmen. He pointed out that it doesn't happen to Seniors so often... So his advice was something like: "Keep reading. Don't assimilate a tiny fraction of what has been written on the subject of the meaning of life and jump to conclusions. Thousands have walked your path, most do not harm themselves. Keep reading."
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| Jun 29, 2015 at 6:54 | history | answered | user4758 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |