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Parenting a Gifted Child When You Are Gifted, Too–The Good News And The Not-So-Good News
In my experience, gifted children often have one or both parents who are gifted. That is the good news. And the not-so-good news. The good news: You can relate to your child’s challenges because many of them are similar to yours. You, too, are highly sensitive and have plenty of empathy so your child will…
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Working with Parents of Gifted Children and Schools–A Quick Guide for Therapists and Coaches (and Parents, Too)
The following are excerpts from my article just published in psychotherapy.net, an online journal for psychotherapists, on ways to help gifted children and their parents navigate the school system. For the full article click here. Introduction Jimmy is seven. He started reading on his own when he was 4 and is now devouring the Harry Potter books.…
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Parents of Gifted Children — Who Needs the Counseling?
Parents come to me worried about their gifted kids. Anxiety, existential depression, trouble in school, sensitivities, loneliness, empathy, perfectionism, social responsibility. I describe the typical social-emotional traits of gifted children and the challenges they often experience. We strategize. This information is a relief for parents who are overwhelmed by these super intense, extremely curious, highly…
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Managing Your Young Gifted Child’s (And Your) Emotional Intensity
You would think that a super smart person would be cool, calm, and collected. Capable of handling emotion when it infrequently and inconveniently trickled out. Analytically above the fray. Lost in thought about bosons, quarks, and string theory. Logical. Not particularly emotionally expressive. You would think. But the gifted children and grownups that I know,…
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Time to Agree: Gifted Kids Exist
• I think it’s time we acknowledged that super smart kids do exist. The eight year old who wants to be Richard Feynman for Halloween. The five year old reading The Chronicles of Narnia. The four year old who cries listening to Mozart. The ten year old whose favorite pastime is watching BBC documentaries.…
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Educators: What To Do About The G Word (#Gifted)
You don’t have to use the G Word. Even though, let’s face it, you use it for athletes, artists and your quirky Aunt Millie. But you do have to recognize that gifted children exist in your school. Because they do. I’m talking about the kids you know who, from a very early age, are faster…
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If I’m So Smart, Why Can’t I Make A Decision?
You would think that a smart person would find decision-making easy. But, no. It’s often quite the opposite. There are gazillions of reasons for this. Well, maybe not gazillions. But lots. Here are just a few: You want to make the right decision but you can think of arguments for all sides of the issue.…
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