RLL #105: Parenting ADHD and Autism with Penny Williams
Parenting our neurodiverse kiddos, whether gifted or twice-exceptional kiddos (including autistic and ADHD), is just plain different. Typical parenting books and practices won’t always work when we’re trying to find ways to help our children become the...
Should You Homeschool Your Gifted Children?
The longer I homeschool my gifted children, and the more I see and talk to other parents of gifted and twice-exceptional kids, the more I believe that homeschooling is the best educational option for our nation’s above-average children. Just to clarify...
RLL #104: A Conversation About Mindset with Shawna Wingert
Mindset is generally thought to be the attitudes or habits of an individual’s mind that is formed by previous experience. These attitudes can predetermine a person’s response or interpretation to any given situation. Our quirky kiddos are not immune to...
RLL #103: Entrepreneurial Mindset with Brian Weisfeld
Here at Raising Lifelong Learners, we are very much concerned with promoting the social and emotional needs of gifted and twice exceptional children. Research shows that resiliency, adaptability, accepting rejection, and “bouncing back” from failure are...
100 Quirks of Famous Gifted People (That Will Make You Feel Better About Your Own Quirky Kid)
If my son had a theme song, it would sound like nervous laughter. People often aren’t sure what to make of him. Is he being sarcastic? Is he being rude? Does he even know what he’s saying? Are those… dead bugs he’s displaying? Hasn’t he...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!
