Problems can arise if they are not challenged:

“The most common problem is that they don’t learn to work,” says Maureen Neihart, a clinical child psychologist and coauthor of the book “The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children.” Children who earn good grades and high praise with relative ease may not learn how to try hard and to persevere when things are difficult. They can come to equate their academic success with innate intelligence and fail to understand the role that effort plays in achievement. When school work finally becomes demanding, they are often in for a rude awakening and may lack the determination and self-confidence to succeed, Neihart says.