Crushing Tall PoppiesGifted Children–Mistaken Expectations
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
We meet people, we interact with them for a short while, and soon we characterize them and place them into one of the people and personality categories we…
Gifted 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…
#9 Gifted Students Have Parents Who Know and Understand How Difficult it is to Raise a Gifted Child
Friday, October 17, 2014
Kindergarten Teacher 1: I had Suzy’s mom come talk to me after school today. Oh gawd, I hear this every year. Kindergarten Teacher 2: What did she say?…
All Children Matter. And Gifted Children Should Matter, Too
Monday, September 15, 2014
Children are our future. At some point in our lives, we will grow old and depend on the younger generations, including our own children, to look out for…
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…
