Gifted Sibling Rivalry and Bullying: Part 4

More samples of what the now-adult gifted children tell us themselves and Summary Comments About Sibling Rivalry and Bullying Results

This post presents additional quotes from some of the now-adult gifted children from The 5 Levels of Gifted Children Grown Up: What They Tell Us (2023) book study results. It also concludes this section about gifted sibling rivalry and bullying with a summary description.

The Part 1 post (June 11, 2023) introduced background from the longitudinal study about gifted children grown up as well as other studies related to within family bullying and teasing. The Part 2 post (June 13, 2023), gave examples of quotes from the book’s subjects about the questions surrounding teasing and bullying. The Part 3 post (June 18, 2024) adds additional family stories, response and information. Because I considered many factors surrounding the views of the subjects and their family members, I’ve used those factors to help readers also see the impact those factors, too, might have. To aid in interpretation, I’ve included a table at the end of the narrative sections that you can print out and use as a helpful reference.

Chuck, Rick, and Bill Arnesen

Brothers Chuck, Rick, and Bill Arnesen are all gifted and, as with most siblings, not the same or even similar in…