Always be aware of a child’s overall development and special gifts. Unusual talent usually manifests itself at an early age. Creator given talents should be nurtured and recognized. In the early days our great medicine men and women, leaders, and thinkers were recognized at a very early age and so were developed by their older peers from a young age. The mainstream people may think they were first to come up with the “Gifted Child” program – well they weren’t too far off – a few hundred years or more, maybe.
Phil Lane Sr., Mato Gi, Brown Bear, Ihanktonwan Dakota, Jan 11, 1915-March 29, 2004