Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women and Giftedness Book

3.5 stars. First of all, I wonder if this book is so dated that its topics and arguments might change dramatically in 2020. For example, the author claims that parents of a gifted girl might need to buy a computer; today, we expect to hold them in our hands! She also emphasizes workplace sexism of the 1980s and college discrimination that feel very outdated. Overall, this book gave me a great deal to think about as a gifted woman with two gifted daughters, but I can't say I agree with all of it. (As a side note, people should read things they don't 100% agree with more often; it makes us think!) In particular, despite the author claiming that she doesn't prescribe certain standards of career or prominence for gifted women...she really does. Traditional roles are quite belittled, and we are essentially told that if we chose those paths (married and had children young and took time out from a career to do it), we can't REALLY be happy or self-actualized; it's just that, since we are gifted, we are used to adjusting and making the best of things. The best part of the book was the chapter on guiding gifted girls at various ages, and I'd prefer to see a more current book that is specifically about that topic.