Posted by Virginia Dawn (Dawn in VA) on 13:57 Sep 14
In Reply to: Is it normal for a gifted child to be immature for his age? nt. posted by Yvette S.
like I didn't have enough to think about already!
Anyway, I don't believe it's possible to answer your question objectively. First of all, what is "normal?"
Second, what is "mature?" There are one thousand and one different answers to those questions. Not to mention all the different types of maturity: social, emotional, intellectual, cultural, physical, etc. Good grief, my mother still sometimes considers my brothers and I "immature" at times, and we are all past 35.
So, I think I would say, "don't worry about specific maturity issues unless you percieve that they may cause problems that could affect your child's happines and well-being."