This post offers ten practical parent tips for the new school year: discuss the purpose of education, get to know teachers, stay positive, learn available programs, support homework, advocate for your child, consider sports, provide a nurturing environment, stimulate curiosity, and soothe emotional intensities.
A top-ten list of summer activities for gifted children, including field trips, camps, virtual experiences, TED Talks, geocaching, science programs, and the SENG conference. The author thanks SENG Facebook members for contributions and offers practical, varied options to keep gifted kids engaged over summer.
Encourage and support gifted children’s complex thinking, sensitivity, perfectionism and intensity. Listen to them, validate their feelings, and offer guidance that emphasizes possibilities rather than limitations; nurture confidence through encouragement and opportunity so their idealism and abilities can bring fulfillment and resilience.
Gifted children often have fewer friends not from lacking social skills but due to personality and shared interests. Friendships can be intense; introverts may prefer fewer close peers. Parents can support friendships by fostering opportunities, teaching social skills, modeling compassion, and encouraging group participation.
The post recounts actress-inventor Hedy Lamarr’s (Hedwig Keisler) escape from Europe and her invention of frequency-hopping spread spectrum used in modern wireless communications, then discusses challenges gifted girls face and offers parental tips and encouragement for role models, independence, and father involvement.
A curated list of ten SENG articles offering guidance for courageous parenting—emphasizing caring, creativity, and courage. The post summarizes resources on social intelligence, emotional intensity, risk-taking, and seeking professional help, helping parents support gifted children through adversity and practical parenting strategies.
A parent reflects on learning to accept and appreciate their child’s unique path rather than imposing expectations. Through insights about acceptance, autonomy, and patience, they describe how supporting a child’s individuality nurtures trust, leads to fulfillment, and results in a joyful adult life and career.
Many parents of gifted children are themselves gifted but may be unaware; developing self-awareness about intensity, sensitivity, and perfectionism helps parents better relate to and support their children. Recognizing neurological differences and separating parental desires from children’s choices fosters healthier relationships and long-term benefits.
This article explains how gifted children often respond to parental separation through four coping styles—maneuvering, equilibrating, merging, and diffusing—highlights risks like adultizing and enmeshment, and offers practical parent guidance: cooperate, communicate age-appropriately, avoid parentifying, and keep conflict low to support children.
At the NAGC convention, SENG staff connected with supporters and collected testimonials highlighting SENG as an essential resource for parents, teachers, and administrators. Respondents praised its guidance, timely information, and support services, calling SENG a lifeline that helps families and educators understand and nurture gifted children.
