Best source of support for day-to-day issues? Other parents of gifted children!
Parents of gifted children often find the best support from other parents who understand intensity, achievement, and social challenges. Group exchanges normalize experiences, share coping strategies, and celebrate successes. The post suggests joining SENG groups, state liaisons, online resources, conferences, and local parent networks to build community.
Director’s Corner: When early college is not the answer…
Advice for students who’ve finished high school coursework but aren’t pursuing early college: assess goals, consider gap years, post-graduate boarding programs, internships, mentorships, or university and online courses. Combine options, plan carefully, maintain academic practice, and seek admissions guidance to make nontraditional paths productive and meaningful.
100 Words of Wisdom: Norma Hafenstein
Norma Hafenstein emphasizes that supporting gifted children requires parents to acknowledge and nurture their own intensities, sensitivities, and perspectives. By caring for themselves—allowing emotions, channeling feelings into compassion, and sharing joy or standing in grief—parents model healthy behavior, giving children the gift of self-care.
Digital Feet in Global Soil: How to help your gifted learner safely navigate the internet
Advice for parents and educators to guide gifted children’s internet use, balancing monitoring with teaching digital citizenship, privacy and trust. Discuss age-appropriate access, classroom modeling, and tools (filters, monitoring software, educational platforms). Emphasizes family-school partnership to build safe, responsible global learners.