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Raising A Kid Who’s Just Like You
What do you do when you’re excruciatingly sensitive, severely intense, outrageously curious, and wildly imaginative and you’re raising a kid who is JUST LIKE YOU? Do you– run away from home? Move to a state where marijuana is legal? Outsource your child to India? Create a reality TV show? Maybe. Are there other options? Yep. First,…
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The Hazards Of Praise And Too Much Smartness
Perhaps you were a curious, effervescent 8 year old. You adored your books and your teachers. You excelled at academics and got straight A’s. Your parents were thrilled by your accomplishments and told you how smart you were. Teachers appreciated your helpfulness and praised you for your grades. The attention was well-meant but excessive. It felt good, and yet, you questioned the truth…
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Your Child Is Gifted–Let The Worries Begin
You’ve been told that you have a gifted child. You think you ought to be happy. A gifted child. People say parenting this kid should be a breeze. But instead of celebrating, you’re freaking out. Your What-If-Brain goes wild. What if I can’t answer all of his questions? What if she hates school? What if he gets bullied? What…
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Great Resources
Looking for more resources for your rainforest mind? Here are some good ones: For a detailed overview: The Gifted Adult–by Jacobsen, Gifted Grownups–by Streznewski For perfectionism: Procrastination–by Burka & Yuen For sensitivities: The Highly Sensitive Person–by Aron For work, careers: Refuse to Choose–by Sher, Zen and the Art of Making a Living–by Boldt, rebelsatwork.com For spirituality, creativity…
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Welcome to Your Rainforest Mind
Like the rain forest, are you intense, multi-layered, colorful, creative, highly sensitive, overwhelming, complex, idealistic and influential? Like the rain forest, are you misunderstood, misdiagnosed and mysterious? Like the rain forest, have you met too many chain saws? If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions or to parts of these questions, read on, you may…