Asynchronous Development

I recently saw this video and wanted to share.   Asynchronous development, in my opinion, goes hand in hand with being gifted.   For as long as I can remember, B has been well ahead of the game intellectually, has a depth of emotion that is beyond her years, but social and emotional maturity – not so [Read On]

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Two Sides Of The Curve, And A Lot In Common.

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Jen from Laughing At Chaos brought up something that I often think of – the fact that I have two children who fall on opposite sides of the bell curve.   Neither falls at what is considered the “norm” or average, one is not better or worse than the other, they are just different.  Different from [Read On]

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So you hate hearing about my “gifted” child…

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It was just a few days ago that I was talking about all of the reasons I don’t say the “Gifted” word very often.    Joyce Slaton over at BabyCenter apparently hates hearing about our gifted children, so she probably appreciates me keeping the gifted thing on the down low.   I read her post, rolled my [Read On]

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Gifted… Why is it so hard to say? Why do we hide it?

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I was blown away to login to my brand new little blog here and see so many amazing comments from other parents, parents of both gifted kids and special needs kids, who GET IT.    As I find my way through the maze of mothering both of my girls, I find that often I feel fairly [Read On]

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Mom Stuff: The G Word… Gifted

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I’m going to use a word that seems to be really unpopular, and can almost instantly create waves of eye rolling.   The G Word.   Gifted.   It’s amazing the looks and comments that word brings, which is why I rarely use it.    But, fact of the matter is, I have a gifted child.  A highly gifted [Read On]

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