by Colleen Kessler | Nov 9, 2020 | Giftedness and Intensity
We love playing family games in my house. Board games, trivia games, acting games – there is no limit to the games we enjoy, and our packed game closet shows it. Since there are five of us it isn’t always equal enough to split into two teams, so most of...
by Podcast Team | Sep 16, 2020 | Anxiety, Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast
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...
by Podcast Team | Aug 12, 2020 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast
Perfectionism often goes hand in hand with the strengths of our gifted and twice-exceptional kids. After all, they tend to excel when they’re young and we naturally reward achievement. But when they start to struggle with perfectionism, we need to have tools to...
by Podcast Team | Jul 15, 2020 | Anxiety, Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast
The label “gifted” conjures up images of beautifully wrapped presents with neatly tied bows, images that are a stark contrast to the reality of giftedness: asynchrony. There can be huge differences between a gifted child’s physical,...
by Podcast Team | Jul 1, 2020 | Anxiety, Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, self-directed learning
It’s been a long day already, and you haven’t even taken your first sip of coffee. You didn’t get to bed until well after midnight because the oldest couldn’t shut his mind down and wanted, no needed, to talk about every single, swirling thought he’d ever...