Crushing Tall PoppiesTo Whom It May Concern: Being Gifted Sucks Sometimes
Monday, March 13, 2017
To the parents who wish for their child to be gifted. To the teachers who think gifted children should easily excel in school. Or for that matter, to…
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…
Gifted Children–These 3 Things
Monday, June 15, 2015
“You will never get teachers to understand.” “Too many teachers only see gifted children as smart, high-achievers.” “It’s the word gifted. Change the word and maybe it won’t…
I’m a Mom of a Gifted Child
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Reflections on guilt, t-shirts, loneliness, heartache and fitting in Who would have thought that cleaning out my gifted child’s closet—sorting through the keepsakes, the clothes to donate, and…
I Have a Gifted Kid and I Will No Longer Be Ashamed
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Yes, I have gifted children—born, not made. And I will no longer be ashamed to say my kids are gifted. I’m a former public school teacher turned homeschooling…
Anxiety in Gifted Children: 3 Simple Steps Parents and Educators Can Take
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Gifted children and anxiety often seem to go hand in hand. Experiencing their world more intensely as well as having a more intuitive understanding of complex connections and…
Gifted Kids Turn Out “Just Fine”
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
This is a guest post from one of my incredible readers, Erin. Erin posted a comment on one of my posts–this poignant story of her giftedness, and her experience…
#3 Gifted Students are Often Extremely Sensitive
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The physical and mental filter through which outside stimuli enters the mind and body of a gifted person seems to be equipped with an automatic 100X Increase Sensory…
#2 Gifted Students Often Have Emotional Intensities
Monday, June 16, 2014
“Emotional intensity in the gifted is not a matter of feeling more than other people, but a different way of experiencing the world: vivid, absorbing, penetrating, encompassing,…
One Spoonful of Peas: Parenting a Gifted Child with Emotional Intensities
Monday, December 9, 2013
SENG, Emotional Intensity in Gifted Children “Giftedness has an emotional as well as intellectual component. Intellectual complexity goes hand in hand with emotional depth. Just as gifted children’s…
