Blogs on Gifted Challenges - 2017-2020
Listed below are links to blogs about social and emotional challenges faced by intellectually and musically "gifted" children, adults and their families, published at:
2017
Gifted advocacy: A call to action
When gifted kids get to exhale
What not to say to your gifted child
Ability grouping works - and is essential in middle school and beyond
Your musically gifted child's road to college
Choices exclude: The existential burden of multipotentiality
Gifted overthinkers: What makes them tick?
A gifted person's guide to therapy
How the media discredits successful students
How to explain "giftedness" to your child
Five reasons to consider an elite college (and they're not what you think)
Help your gifted child find work-play balance
Six reasons to stop treating gifted kids as "special"
Helping your gifted child in the aftermath of Charlottesville
One of the greatest barriers to gifted education
Social-emotional learning and the gifted child
Ignite creative fire in your gifted child
Getting your gifted boy through middle school
When gifted children are not identified as gifted
Key relationship dilemmas for gifted women
Ten great articles in 2017 about musical skills development, music education, and performance
2018
Five years of Gifted Challenges
Let's get real about gifted kids
Ten no-frills articles on college planning for gifted children
Weathering rough times: The highs and lows of raising a gifted child
What your gifted child won't learn from academics
No, it's not time to ditch the gifted label
Giftedness and the growth mindset: Lessons from music and sports
How to discipline your gifted child
Gifted adults: Embracing complexity
When is it more than giftedness? A psychologist's perspective
What most parents of gifted children wish they had known about college planning
Where can I find a friend? How asynchronous development affects relationships
Welcome to gifted parenting: A checklist of emotions
Three essential tips for teachers of gifted children
When gifted students feel disconnected from school
Is it obsessing or just overthinking?
How to help your underachieving gifted child
Help your gifted child make sense of the recent news
How addressing recent hate crimes is relevant to gifted education
What's so controversial about testing for gifted services?
Your child is gifted! Now what?
2019
A day in the life of a gifted teen
When injustice strikes: Guiding your gifted teen
When your gifted child disappoints
College admissions cheating scandal: Its impact on gifted and high ability students
Where do I belong? The gifted person's lament
Is it all right to feel proud of your gifted child?
What do psychologists do (and why would you go to see one)?
The interface of anxiety, overthinking and shame among gifted children and teens
Never spank your child (and here's why)
When should your gifted child start kindergarten?
Do gifted children struggle with anxiety?
Gifted advocacy is an education
What many parents wish the "experts" knew about gifted children
Families of gifted teens: Avoid these "worst" college visitation mistakes
2020
Academic acceleration: When is it the right choice for your child?
Gifted kids, spirituality, anti-intellectualism and existential struggle: A mixed bag
Endless possibilities for gifted children and adults
Five essential guidelines to help your child during this global crisis
On Independence Day, 2020: Tips for families of gifted children
Cultivating empathy and tolerance in our children and students
Ten college planning tips: What families of gifted children need to know
The winding path of gifted education: An example
Parenting in 2020: The "cool mom" trap
A Gifted Challenges update: The year that was 2020