Professor University of South Carolina, South Carolina
Fathers of gifted males play an important role in shaping their sons' lives. This session presents a research-backed parenting model and offers ways fathers can teach their sons life lessons and skills, instill a strong work ethic, nurture achievement, support them in decision-making, and guide them in developing their identities as gifted males.
Learning Objectives:
Understand research studies examining paternal influence on gifted males
Describe specific ways in which fathers teach life lessons and skills, support achievement and independence, help their sons in decision-making, and guide them in developing their identities
Transfer components of the parenting model to support the intellectual and emotional development of their sons