The author describes lifelong giftedness, early efforts to hide abilities to fit in, academic successes, and later challenges in career and parenting gifted children. She highlights persistent issues like anxiety and low self-esteem in gifted individuals and the value of comprehensive evaluations and community resources to improve fit and support.
This post explains why holidays can overwhelm gifted or twice-exceptional children—sensory overexcitability, asynchronous development, anxiety, introversion, allergies—and gives practical parental strategies: prepare favorite snacks and quiet spaces, warn hosts, maintain routines, limit triggers, allow exits, and prioritize calm to reduce meltdowns and preserve holiday enjoyment.
An educator reflects on youth-led social justice actions—from a personal high school walkout to historic protests like Barbara Johns, Hector Pieterson, Malala, and the Children’s Crusade—arguing gifted young people often show intense moral conviction and can drive lasting community and societal change when supported.
The SENG Professional Advisory Committee supports gifted and creative individuals by advising outreach to healthcare and education professionals, combating myths, and promoting understanding. It helps address issues like overexcitability, developmental asynchrony, twice-exceptionality, and medical misdiagnosis, aiming to build a world that supports gifted people.
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A short review highlighting several homeschool and giftedness blogs that offer insight on non-violent communication, overexcitabilities, and parenting twice-exceptional children. The author recommends blogs by Bob Yamtich, Mona Eby Chicks, and Sarah J. Wilson for practical strategies, empathy, and relatable experiences.
Practical strategies to reduce holiday stress for gifted families, including prioritizing events, planning and coordinating schedules, dividing tasks, saying no, maintaining diet and routine, and taking restorative days off. Emphasizes parental self-care as children mirror adult stress and establishing manageable traditions.
Practical guidance for selecting summer camps and activities for gifted children, including assessing family needs, securing child buy-in, choosing camp type and focus, advocating for appropriate placement or trials, and creating activities. Emphasizes including downtime and daily physical activity for balance and well-being.
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.
The post argues that gifted people often lack practical common sense despite high intellect, relying on life’s margin of error. It suggests teaching and practicing caution, using repeated, gentle coaching, role-playing, and smaller social or safety rehearsals to build real-world awareness and reduce risky misunderstandings.
