The Anxious Parent of the Anxious Child
I like to say that I hold several Google University degrees. I am an incessant, constant, chronic researcher. I cannot seem to ever learn enough or have my curiosity quenched. What’s that beautiful flower growing on the side of the highway? What ever happened to...![RLL #95: [Audioblog] When the World Overwhelms Your Anxious Child | How You Can Help](https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/rll-95-featured.jpg)
RLL #95: [Audioblog] When the World Overwhelms Your Anxious Child | How You Can Help
The truth is, anxious kids can get overwhelmed a lot. While current events seem especially dire, there will always be things happening that are hard for our anxious children to understand or even remain calm about. It’s our responsibility to give...
Help! My Gifted Child Is Worried All The Time
One of my most salient memories of elementary school is, unfortunately, a dark one. In the summer before fifth grade, I learned from TV news that a girl who attended my school had been killed, along with the rest of her family, by her mentally ill father. It was...
The Anxious Parent of the Anxious Child | Your Anxiety is Not Identical
I have three kids. Two are boys, and one is a girl. Two have blue eyes and one has green. Two are currently in public school, and one is homeschooled. One is a sensory seeker, one is a sensory avoider, and one is just sensory stimuli personified. My oldest looks just...
RLL #86: All About Anxiety with Dr. Dan Peters
Anxiety can be an enormous problem for our gifted and 2E children. It can cause struggles in education, social situations, and lead to even bigger issues as our kiddos grow older. Just as important as helping our kiddos navigate anxiety is realizing that we...Welcome!
Hi! I’m Colleen, gifted specialist, educational consultant, author, speaker, and homeschool mom of four gifted/twice-exceptional kids.
Grab a cup of coffee, some of that chocolate you’re hiding from the kids, and join me as I learn, experiment, and explore with my kiddos — and hopefully inspire you a little in your journey alongside smart, quirky, creative kids, too!
