#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…

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#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…

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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,…

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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…

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#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…

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#5 Gifted Students Often Struggle Socially

Thursday, July 10, 2014

What is Life Without Friends? The title may be misleading because, in my experience, the social struggles of gifted children are not so much that gifted children are inept…

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A Gifted Child’s Owner’s Manual

Monday, July 7, 2014

We’ve probably all heard this sentiment many times as parents.  Despite all the websites, books, magazines and articles available about parenting and raising children, the information offered in any…

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Let Them Know They are Gifted

Monday, May 19, 2014

Although my youngest gifted son is 14 years old now, I feel as though I have many more years of parenting experience behind me than I do ahead…

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Raising Gifted Children? Let It Go

Monday, May 5, 2014

No…really…Just let it go! As parents, we are often so focused on guiding the lives of our children because we want our children to be successful.  We schedule,…

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A Mother’s Letter to Her Gifted Child

Sunday, April 6, 2014

  My child, my wonderfully different child, I love you.  Above all else, I love you.  From the moment you were born, I knew that you were different,…

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