What is a ‘gifted child’ anyway – and can children themselves design or defy this term? by Jennifer Crane on October 24, 2019 share 0 In Margaret Atwood’s 1988 novel, Cat’s Eye, a character says of her sisters: 'Cordelia says they are gifted. This sounds like vaccinated, something that's done to you and leaves a mark.' In the 1950s, 1960s, read more