My Child is Gifted and I Can’t Talk About Him

Friday, October 30, 2015

My child is gifted, and I can’t talk about him— Because there is an incredibly fine line between simply talking about your gifted child and appearing to be…

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Gifted Children: The Differences are Real

Monday, October 19, 2015

Gifted children. A whole lot has been written about them, and I’ve done my share of putting information out there about the ups and the downs of life…

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Envy and Your Gifted Child

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

It All Starts at an Early Age At 18 months of age, he could identify all of his colors, the primary ones as well as most of the…

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“Teacher, that’s not quite right!”

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

When Gifted Children Challenge Authority and Their Teachers Oh boy!  Here comes one of those steep, steep slopes on the raising-a-gifted-child roller coaster. It is that scary ascent…

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Yes, My Gifted Child is a Know-It-All: A Case for Acceleration

Thursday, September 17, 2015

“Mom, I swear, they must have put me in remedial math. I am the only one who knows what is going on—I know everything!”   This was my…

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Your Gifted Child and the Gift of Gab

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Loquacious   Storyteller   Chatty   Talkative   Garrulous   Motormouthed Could a high-verbal output (a.k.a., talking a lot) be a sign of giftedness? Many professionals who study…

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It’s a Funny Thing: A Gifted Child’s Sense of Humor

Thursday, September 10, 2015

What did the constipated ketchup say? Must-turd. Have you ever wondered who makes up all of the jokes we hear nearly every day? The classics, the riddles, the…

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The Gifted Lagniappe Series

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Lagniappe is a Cajun French word that means a little something extra, a little extra gift, a bonus, or something more—kinda like getting a 13th donut when you paid…

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Workplace Bullying and the Gifted Adult

Monday, August 24, 2015

Bullying. Hearing the word brings to mind the schoolyard bullies many of us encountered on the playground, in the classroom, and even in our own neighborhoods. Those who…

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Dear Teacher, My Gifted Child is in Your Class

Friday, August 21, 2015

Dear Teacher, Welcome back to school. My child is so happy to be in your class this year. We know you are an excellent and dedicated teacher and…

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