Crushing Tall PoppiesGifted Children—About THAT Stereotype
Friday, January 2, 2015
Trash it. Banish it. Kick it to the curb. It’s a new year, and the time has come to dispel the myths and misunderstandings that perpetuate that stereotype…
Gifted Children: Just Pulling the Wool Over Your Eyes
Monday, December 15, 2014
If there is just one thing I wish every person who does not understand giftedness, and yes, I did say every, could understand is that giftedness often comes packaged…
Giftedness is More Than a Function of Education
Friday, December 5, 2014
I get it. The vast majority of people think that gifted children are the smart, advantaged students in an esteemed, sometimes seemingly elitist, special program at school—it’s a…
Guess what? Your child is probably not gifted.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Guess what? Your child is probably not gifted. This sentiment has been posted, oftentimes quite smugly, as a comment on numerous recent articles on the topic of gifted…
A Gifted Memory
Monday, September 1, 2014
“Mom, you remember my first tricycle with the push bar that screwed in on the back?” “Yes”, I replied, quizzically wondering where this conversation was going to…
#8 Gifted Students Have Unique Learning Needs That Must Be Met
Friday, August 22, 2014
Susan and Doug Blanchard live in a small town in the Midwest, and they are the parents of three daughters. Rosie is 3 years old, Annie is 7…
#7 Gifted Students are Culturally, Racially, and Socially Diverse
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
In my recent blog post A Gifted Child Checklist for Teachers , I listed ten basic characteristics and traits of gifted children intended to help teachers and others to identify giftedness…
I’m Jealous of Your Smart Kid
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Yes, I am jealous, but I would never roll my eyes or say nasty, mean things about you or your child. Nope, I keep my envy to myself,…
Suffering in Silence: Who’s Really Paying the Price for the Neglect of Our Gifted Children?
Monday, July 21, 2014
No child should have to suffer simply because they were born gifted One only needs to google just two words: gifted and neglected. You will find page…
#6 Gifted Students Develop Asynchronously
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
“But I am sure the Naval Research Laboratory has a gift shop that sells scanning tunneling microscopes so I can create my own quantum dots with identical, deterministic…
