Most of us have been through it. That sinking feeling when your gifted child becomes , unmotivated or miserable in school. That uncertainty over how much to intervene, when to , and whether to approach the school or risk alienating teachers when you ask for something more.This is not meant as a rant against teachers. They have a demanding and often...
Disciplining the Sensitive Child
Photo Credit:My firstborn is a highly sensitive child. I didn’t realize this fact until he was three, and I didn’t fully understand it until he was four and a half when I read Ted Zeff’s book, Without the knowledge and understanding of my...
Staying Close in the Digital Age
Photo Credit:It is the age of being superficially known by hundreds and deeply known by no one, or by very few. We are virtually connected for much of the day, but our heart-to-heart...
7 Tips for Transitioning to Positive Parenting
Photo Credit: So, you’re tired of the disconnection and power struggles that traditional parenting techniques bring and you’re ready to give positive parenting an honest go, . But you’re not sure where...
What keeps women from STEM careers?
Women are consistently underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields, despite efforts to encourage and recruit them. For example, reported that while 74% of middle school girls were interested in STEM subjects, only .3% eventually majored in computer science. have found that only 18% of computer science graduates and 12%...
Why do smart girls develop eating disorders?
Parents of gifted girls might wonder how "smart" girls could develop an eating disorder. Doesn't their intelligence, insight and maturity somehow insulate them from developing these devastating problems?And are they more or less likely than others to have a problem with their eating?It's National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, a time to spread the...
What causes gifted underachievement?
Why does your gifted child struggle in school?Your child, once curious, energetic, overjoyed to learn, now has little interest in academics. As a parent, you stand by helplessly, saddened as you watch the spark disappear.Gifted underachievers vary in . They may exert just enough effort to coast through school, and ignored because of average or even...
If I’d Known Then …
Yesterday I read an about gifted children that was written over 10 years ago. It had deeply profound insights that could have made a world of difference in the life of one of my children. If I had known then what I know now … but I didn’t; and I can’t change the past.My husband and I have been beating ourselves up lately about all the mistakes we...
The Messages Behind Discipline
With every correction, I am giving my child a message about who he is.Because children see themselves through the eyes of their parents, because what they see reflected in our eyes shapes who they become, because the truths they hold about themselves start as the truths we hold about them, there is perhaps no greater work than minding how we view our...
Who is the gifted underachiever? Four types of underachievement in gifted children
There is a pervasive myth that all gifted people are high achievers.But many are not.Most young gifted children are a ball of energy, full of life, curious, intense, and driven. Then reality sets in. They confront the limitations of school, peer pressure, others' expectations and their own fears, and some scale back their drive. Their intrinsic love...