It's not bullshit, but it's not a ticket to paradise either. It's a challenge with a child with any extraordinary ability. They start getting praised for the s

It's not bullshit, but it's not a ticket to paradise either. It's a challenge with a child with any extraordinary ability. They start getting praised for the simple existence of the gift rather than any work. So the first time something seems like work, the child thinks they're just bad. It then becomes a kind of learned helplessness. You also learn to not try because trying is the first step to failure.