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Old Jul 25, 2016, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
I read Miller's Drama of the Gifted Child - I think it changed names somewhere along the line.
Some of what I got out of it was that no matter how well intentioned parents were, sometime children have a bad time of it. Not because the parents were monsters, but because everyone has stuff.
I think the title may have been changed because "gifted" now means academically gifted to English speakers (and maybe also German speakers), but Miller really meant by gifted those with a talent for surviving their parents.
Thanks for this!
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