Perfectionism in gifted children family

Family is the most enduring school of learning, because of implicit and observational learning has highest stability. On the other hand, gifted children were topic of many studies. This review summarizes research on the phenomenon of perfectionism in gifted children in the family. One of the personality traits of gifted students is to be perfect that may deviate into the perfectionism. Scientific evidence confirms that parents and teachers of children who are introduced as gifted by assessment specialists, expect excellent work in all fields. Such expectations of the gifted can vulnerable them to perfectionism, that this traits can cause irreparable psychological damages in them. Based on the researches findings, it seems that the high expectations of families of gifted children have led to the establishment of perfectionism and consequently the failure of gifted children. Tips for teaching families how to deal properly with gifted children have been proposed in the paper.