Ah, August! That magical time of year when parents everywhere celebrate the return of routine and parents of gifted children lie awake wondering how they’re going to explain to a…
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The Loneliest Playground: What Parents of Gifted Children Secretly Need
If you are parenting a gifted child, you’ve probably learned to keep quiet at the playground. When other parents are venting about their kids refusing to eat vegetables…
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The Outlier Playground: Friendship and Social-Emotional Needs of Gifted Kids
We often celebrate the cognitive achievements of gifted children; the early reading, the complex math, the rapid-fire trivia. But behind that bright intellect is a deeply sensitive, intense,…
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Understanding “Twice-Exceptional”: The Paradox of the Gifted, Neurodivergent Mind
Imagine a child who can discuss the complexities of black holes with stunning sophistication yet struggles to organize their backpack or tie their shoes. Or a student who scores in…
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Beyond the High Score: Redefining What It Means to Be Gifted
For decades, the word “gifted” conjured a very specific image: a quiet child sitting in the front row, scoring 100% on every spelling test, or a young prodigy playing Mozart…