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If I’m So Smart, Why Do I Feel So Much Guilt?
It started early. The other kindergartners were struggling to learn their ABCs. You were reading chapter books. The other second graders didn’t care about the photos from the Hubble Telescope. You obsessed over them. The other teens enjoyed stories about vampires. You adored Jane Austen. At first, you may have felt confused, weird and lonely. As you got…
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The Pressure to be Super Smart at all Times
Whether you’re a rainforest-minded child, teen or adult, if you’ve been told that you’re gifted or that you’re super smart, then you probably feel pressure. Pressure to: live up to the label, always get the best grades, know everything before you learn it, be the winner, always do your best, find all learning to be easy, not disappoint…
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Back to School Tips for Teachers and Parents of Gifted Kids
My niece, Alicia, is a middle school English teacher. She loves, I mean LOVES, her job. I can imagine her in a classroom finding creative and sensitive ways to meet the needs of all of her little darlings. She’s the teacher we all want. The teacher who will change us in unexpected ways. I’m guessing that…
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Imagine a World Where Gifted Kids Don’t Have to Wait
It all started in first grade when you eagerly finished the entire workbook in one night. You thought your teacher would be pleased. She was not pleased. You were told to sit and color the pictures and WAIT until the other first graders caught up with you. Then there was the time they were teaching addition…
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“Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting…” Extreme Giftedness
“Since the first moments of his existence, Taylor has complicated, confounded, and chaoticized nearly every detail of his family’s lives.” So says Tom Clynes, author of the recently released and captivating book– The Boy Who Played With Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting And How to Make a Star. Taylor Wilson, a profoundly gifted child, built a…
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Sunshine Blogger Award
With this post, I’m taking a short break from my usual blogging agenda to participate in what appears to be a WordPress tradition where bloggers acknowledge their fellow bloggers with an “award.” And who doesn’t like an award? In the process, my blog gets noticed by more folks and I return the favor by acknowledging other…
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Gifted Women With Gifted Kids — Exhilarating or Exhausting?
What happens when a gifted woman has a gifted child? Is it a match made in heaven? Is it Exhilarating? Exhausting? Terrifying? Yes. “As a mom of a gifted child, we walk a lonely, difficult and heartbreaking road on our unwavering quest to help our gifted children navigate through a world that does not understand…
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Know Your Gifted Child — Find Your Gifted Self
“My ten-year-old, Christopher, is getting failing grades. I think he has ADHD. He may be in the principal’s office more than he’s in the classroom. His camp counselor told me that he might be gifted but how’s that possible? If he were gifted, he’d be getting A’s, wouldn’t he? I don’t know what to do…
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