I didn't develop an interest in gifted education until a few years
after the
birth of our first
child, when we noticed how
different she was, and how the «normal» path through education didn't seem to fit her.
Researchers have identified
different patterns
of marital change across this transition with a small percentage
of couples indicating stable and more positive marital relations
after the
birth of their first
child (Belsky & Rovine, 1990; Salmela - Aro et al., 2006).