I often describe my son as a World-Class Worrier. In his eight years on this planet, he has conquered a wealth of worries. Worry is tricky. It ebbs and flows. It changes shape. It pops up, out of nowhere, on a clear blue day. Sometimes, it can feel like worry is winning. When it Feels Like Worry…
Family Kindness Project {Have You Filled A Bucket Today?}
Family Kindness Project: (Have You Filled a Bucket Today?) Have You Filled a Bucket Today? Our family is obsessed with a book called, Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud. So obsessed, in fact, that I’ve posted about the book before. Several years ago, we discovered this gem of…
When Your Child is a Perfectionist
Do you remember this post that I wrote about our son’s perfectionism getting in his way? Leo is a perfectionist and, such, he is afraid of failure to the point of complete immobilization. He will assess a new situation, determine his risk for failure, and refuse to participate if he doesn’t think he can immediately do it well….
Gifted Hindsight is 20/20
They say hindsight is 20/20. As I sit here, one year into homeschooling and seven years into this parenting gig, it’s easy for me to identify all of the characteristics and traits that have become such a part of our lives and our family story. Early on, we were new parents. We were far too sleep deprived…
Academic Acceleration
Education can be such a funny little world. For example, we have all this research (you can read more here, here, and here) suggesting that retention is not all it’s cracked up to be. This is not new information and yet our schools retain kids all the time. At the same time, we have all this research…
Gifted? Let’s talk about it.
Gifted? Let’s talk about it. Let’s talk about the g-word: gifted. It’s an uncomfortable word, is it not? The word gift implies that the child has been given something extra, that they have a leg up over other children. It leaves out the concept of giftedness as asynchrony, which I believe is the key to changing the public’s understanding…
