The past week has been a challenging one for many. As we have discussed here on the site, and in Raising Poppies, gifted children feel more. These children have big emotions and they are in-tune with the world around them. Many poppies are empaths; they can feel the emotions of those around them, as if…
The day 16 month old Trevor looked at me and asked if I’d take him to “Macedonia to sit near the tracks and watch for trains,” I was reminded that I was going to need help with him. At 16 months old, he already spoke with better articulation than many five year olds I knew, and…
When raising gifted and intense kids, we have our work cut out for us. Gifted kids are asynchronous and often challenge all we thought we knew about discipline. A lot of the struggles we face as tired parents of smart kids can be related to how well our children are able to grow emotionally. Have…
Doors slamming, angry outbursts, intensely deep conversations about friendships and the future, discussions about face-washing, showering, and deodorant… puberty kind of sneaks up on a parent. I mean, they were just going through the terrible twos yesterday – weren’t they? I was talking to my friend Anna recently about life, marriage, kids, parenting,…
Do you ever wonder if you’re doing enough with your kiddos in your homeschool? Maybe, like me, you pulled one of your kiddos out of school because neither his academic, nor his social and emotional needs were being met. Maybe you just wish you could peek inside the windows of the homeschool next door and…
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