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…

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My Guest Post at Through a Stronger Lens

Sunday, May 10, 2015

I wrote a guest post for Nikki Linn for her blog, Through a Stronger Lens–Seeing the World Through Gifted Eyes. Nikki writes such touching, revealing and honest posts about…

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It’s All About the Grades

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

It’s a Punch in the Gut and not a Pat on the Back Why is it all about the academic output—the grades, the achievement, the scores? As a…

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What About the Gifted Children Who Got Left Behind?

Monday, April 13, 2015

Yes, by now we’ve seen the recent articles (see below) and studies reminding us yet again that gifted children have been getting the short end of the educational…

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What You Didn’t Know About Gifted Children

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Go to school, study, make good grades, go to college, work hard—this is a universal recipe for success so often offered to our children. For some children who…

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Three Ways to Say Gifted

Monday, February 16, 2015

Gifted. Easy to type. Difficult to say. Have you experienced that uncertainty and discomfort when you knew you had to say the word gifted, but you were a…

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Gifted Underachievers: Underachieving or Refusing to Play the Game?

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Gifted children who are not challenged appropriately in school and not provided an education which meets their unique educational needs can eventually disengage from school and may then…

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A Gifted Child Checklist for Teachers {Shareable Presentation}

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

In a positive way, I wanted to address the need for all educators to understand and recognize the traits and needs of our gifted children. I used the web-based presentation…

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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…

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Standardized Testing–Should it define our children?

Monday, January 12, 2015

In order to apply for this program, we need a copy of her birth certificate, a copy of her social security card, a copy of her vaccination record…

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