There are many suggestions for raising gifted children. Below are some from Judy Galbraith (You Know Your Child Is Gifted When...) and from F. Richard Olenchak (They Say My Kid's Gifted. Now What?).
• Don't expect your child to be gifted all the time in all ways. A gifted five-year old may read at the level of a ten year old,talk like a thirteen year old, share toys like a two year old and have the fine motor skills of a five year old.
• Gifted children need unstructured, unscheduled "down time", quiet time -- time to daydream, play or just "stare into space."
• Don't compare your child with other gifted children.
• Expose your child to a wide variety of books, magazines, museums, historical sites, concerts, travel, and other learning opportunities as well as a wide variety of options that can enhance their creative thinking.
• Help your child to find answers to their many questions. If you don't know the answer, help them learn to use a variety of resouces to find their answers.
• Set clear and consistent expectations. Gifted children should not be exempt from home, school, community and social rules.
• Help your child learn and practice social skills to interact with people of a wide variety of abilities, interests and talents.
• Help your child become an active listener, one who really listens to what others are saying, asks questions that relate to what others said and shows good eye contact and body language.
•Connect with other parents of gifted children so you know you're not alone and can help each other to maintain a sense of humor, to set realistic expectations, to problem solve and to share the particular joys and frustrations of raising a gifted child.

Gifted children are often quite verbal which can be a blessing and a curse. Judy Galbraith offers some suggestions for helping your verbal child.
• Build some quiet time into your child's day doing an enjoyable activity but one with no talking.
• For children who constantly asks questions, ask them, "Do you need to know this right now, or can it wait?"
• Teach your child to balance his/her verbal skills with active listening skills.

Judy Galbraith explains that highly active gifted children may be easily bored, easily frustrated and have trouble paying attention. Some of her suggestions to help are shared below.
• Have daily times for exercise and positive outlets for all that energy.
• Set soothing,relaxing rituals to help your child calm themselves and be able to sleep. Gifted children need as much sleep as other children but may have difficulty shutting down their active brains.

Having a passion is often a characteristic of a gifted child. (Though some may leap from one passion to another in a short period of time while others may stay focused on that one passion forever.) In her book, Judy Galbraith offered some suggestions for supporting the highly focused, passionate gifted child.
• Support and encourage your child's passions by providing books, field trips, etc. on the topic.
• Help your child balance their burning interests with other activities -- friends, family, fun, physical activity, etc.

Gifted children often have excellent verbal and logical skills. While these are usually positive traits, they can be negative if turned into manipulation and stubborness. Judy Galbraith offered suggestions to avoid being "outlogiced".
•Listen to and consider your child's point of view. But, remember, you are the parent and need to stand your ground when you know you're right.
• Logical consequences work best when disciplining your child.
• Help your child learn that people don't like being manipulated and that her way isn't always the only or right way.
• Provide opportunities for your child to practice his logical skills, such as organizing his room, helping to map out the route for a vacation, etc.

An unique and often adult sense of humor is a typical trait of many gifted children. Sometimes they need help knowing what's appropriate for which audiences.
• Help your child understand that some things may be funny but not appropriate to share at school, church or other formal places.
• Provide positive outlets for your child's sense of humor, such as sharing funny stories, books, movies, etc.
• Laugh at your child's jokes and share your own sense of humor -- through family joke time, posting of comics/cartoons on the refrigerator, etc.