RLL 33: The Holidays and Your Differently-Wired Child

RLL 33: The Holidays and Your Differently-Wired Child

  The holidays are coming and I know — if you’re like me — that you’re gearing up and trying to figure out how to make it happy, fun, and successful for all your kids, you, and the rest of your extended family. In this chat, I’ll share...
Managing Your Child’s Intensity During the Holidays

Managing Your Child’s Intensity During the Holidays

Ever since I was a little girl, I looked forward to the holidays. My birthday kicked everything off, followed by Thanksgiving, several other family members’ birthdays, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and more birthdays. Time was an exciting blur from late November through...
100 Hints That Your Child May Be Gifted

100 Hints That Your Child May Be Gifted

Admit it, you’ve thought about it. You see your precious little one handling blocks with expert dexterity. Your heart swells as they garble through their ABCs. Your pride and joy is walking already or handles math problems with ease and you wonder, Could my...
100 Things to Never Say to the Parent of a Gifted Kid

100 Things to Never Say to the Parent of a Gifted Kid

Look, we get it. Gifted kids are statistically fairly rare. It’s not every day you meet a child who has memorized the periodic table or who can hold their own in a political discussion on the playground. A child with a high IQ can be a bit jarring to encounter,...
RLL LIVE | More About Anxiety

RLL LIVE | More About Anxiety

Anxiety is such a common challenge with our gifted kiddos that I get asked about it again and again. Here’s a second video in response to further viewer questions about anxiety in children, particularly in gifted children. This conversation originally appeared...
Let’s Talk About Emotional Overexcitability

Let’s Talk About Emotional Overexcitability

One of my favorite movies will forever be Mean Girls. I had no idea when I was quoting it as a teenager that I’d still be quoting it as an adult, but here we are. Glen Coco and fetch and grool – they all have their place in my daily speech, but the line...