In this classroom vignette, a teacher observes three gifted sisters, focusing on Lucy’s relentless energy and high abilities. The essay contrasts highly gifted intensities with typical gifted students, reflecting on how intense cognition and behavior can appear unusual yet be normal expressions of exceptional ability.
This post explores how graduation rituals—traditional “pomp and circumstance” and culturally specific ceremonies like Lavender and Sankofa—serve as rites of passage. Such ceremonies, including Kente stoles and family participation, affirm cultural heritage, foster belonging, and provide emotional and symbolic support for graduates, especially marginalized students.
This post advises adults supporting gifted sexual- and gender-minority youth after public anti-LGBT traumas: encourage emotional expression, recognize dual individual and group trauma, offer LGBT-specific information and positive activities, and channel youth compassion into supportive action such as alliances, advocacy, and community engagement.
A former TA reflects on gifted children’s emotional struggles and masking behaviors, noting intense sensitivity and developmental imbalance between intellect and emotion. The author argues Sherlock isn’t a sociopath but a lonely, overstimulated intellect whose emotions are suppressed, and criticizes society’s misunderstanding and mistreatment of gifted individuals.
SENG’s Online Parent Support (SOPS) groups extend the SENG Model to offer weekly one‑hour, eight‑week online discussions led by certified trainers. They follow A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children, build supportive connections, and address practical questions about cost, session length, parent interaction, and transitioning to in‑person groups.
Gifted children often feel intense, early fears and anxieties because their advanced understanding outpaces experience. Parents should validate feelings without dismissing them, offer perspective through information and preparation, limit distressing exposure, and foster helping behaviors so children build resilience and efficacy.
