“…Parent influence is critical in guiding child growth and encouraging the maintenance of culturally defined values (Strom & Johnson, 1986). Thus, the extent to which youngsters from ethnic and low income families have the opportunity at home to develop skills and behaviors congruent with accepted definitions of giftedness depends on parent expectations (Alwinn, 1988;Colangelo, 1988;Johnson, Workman, & Gage, 1987;Karnes, Shwedel, & Steinberg, 1984;Strom, Bernard, & Strom, 1989;Strom, Griswold, Strom & Collinsworth, 1990;Torrance & Goff, 1989;Van Tassel-Baska, 1989).…”