Helping Your Impulsive Child
If you are parenting a neurodivergent or twice-exceptional kiddo, you might also be dealing with impulsivity. At its core, impulsivity is a struggle with executive functioning skills. This means, that in addition to what we might typically think of as impulsivity -...
Sneaking In Summer Learning
As summer approaches, homeschool families often ask about the school schedule. Do you follow the schedule of the local public school? Do you take a summer break? Do you school year-round? And if you do include some learning during the summer, what does that look...
Managing Perfectionism | Strategies for Parents
It's important for kids to strive for excellence, have high standards, and value hard work. But high standards are not the same as unrealistic expectations. When our kiddos have perfectionist tendencies or thinking, they can suffer from low self-esteem and a host...
Finding Homeschool Balance
There are so many things that you need to accomplish in your homeschool each day and week. Besides school work and parenting, homeschool parents have to find ways to manage household work, meal planning, grocery shopping, volunteer work, and lots more. The to-do...
Igniting Your Kids’ Passions
Parents begin homeschooling for a wide variety of reasons. Some of us (hello!) began homeschooling completely unexpectedly because it was what our kid needed, even if it wasn't what we had pictured for our family at all! Some of us chose homeschooling for...
Building Self-Esteem in Kids
Building your child's self-esteem or sense of self-worth is an important aspect of raising resilient kids. While healthy self-confidence is a part of positive self-esteem, these two terms are not interchangeable. Self-confidence applies in specific contexts,...
Test Your Homeschooled Child
I remember struggling with the question so many parents come to me online or in-person to ask... Should I test my child for giftedness? Should I test my child for dyslexia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, or any number of things? If you are homeschooling...
Motivating Your Struggling Learner
Homeschooling your gifted kiddo was supposed to be a breeze, right? After all, they're super smart, driven, and independent... right? Well, maybe not. Gifted kiddos are just as different from each other as they are from neurotypical kids, and they're often 2e, or...
Should I Homeschool My Twice-Exceptional Student?
A reader shared that she is considering homeschooling her twice-exceptional student after watching her daughter "crumple" in the public school system - loosing her enthusiasm for learning and her ability to thrive in a public school setting. What about you? Are you...
Comparison: A Toxic Parenting Trap
It's easy. It's so easy to slip into comparing our kids to other kids. And usually we're doing it with good intent. Maybe we want them to feel better about themselves. Maybe we want to help them build confidence in their own abilities or gifts. But is comparison...
