Creative children are at high risk for underachievement. This presentation discusses the stresses these students voice, the frustrations they feel, the loneliness they describe, and the psychological defenses that prevent them from completing projects for fear that the completed project will not be out of the box enough. Creative underachievers sometimes define creativity as synonymous with opposition toward adults. They are determined to work out of the box, and hardly recognize there is a box. This presentation focuses on ways that teachers and parents can help these students in the prevention and cure of their underachievement.