This session is an interactive discussion on the challenges of parenting gifted children through their unique social emotional issues such as asynchronicity, motivation, self-discipline, intensity, perfectionism, and idealism. The facilitator provides and elicits from session participants strategies for parents to use to help their gifted child with stress management, communication skills, underachievement, and peer and sibling relationships. Special attention is given to the challenges of disciplining gifted children. The facilitator also educates parents on finding the right mental/medical health provider for their gifted child and the potential for misdiagnosis of gifted children.