For Parents of Gifted Children
Praise is a powerful tool that parents and teachers can use to motivate their children. Furthermore, children appear to thrive on praise. Yet both the research on the effects of praise and advice about praise can be confusing. Praise...
Gifted children often talk a lot. Their early vocabulary astounds their audiences and attracts amazed praise. The frequent and extraordinary approval reinforces their verbal skills and, by classical conditioning, causes them to feel intelligent while they’re talking. It’s no wonder...
Volume 8 / Issue 1 / Fall 2007 Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge
My 12-year-old son takes little interest in the world around him or in making friends. From early childhood he’s been far more interested in creating elaborate games with his cars; engrossing himself in learning all about trains, space shuttles,...
Consultant's Corner Volume 5 / Issue 4 / Summer 2005 Social-Emotional Issues
“Your children are not safe anywhere, at any time.” This chilling announcement was made on television and in newspaper headlines in the fall of 2002 after a sniper in the Washington, DC, area had killed ten and critically wounded...
Volume 5 / Issue 3 / Spring 2005 Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge
I have a fifth-grade daughter who until recently was an A/B student. She has always scored high on her Iowa tests. Lately, she has been bringing home papers and tests with Ds and Fs on them. She forgets to...
Consultant's Corner Volume 5 / Issue 1 / Fall 2004 Social-Emotional Issues
We want our children to strive for excellence. Whether in schoolwork, ice skating, music, art, scientific experiments, written work, or other activities, striving for excellence is usually a healthy way to develop talent. But when excellence does not seem...
Volume 4 / Issue 2 / Winter 2004 Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge
Of course you’d like your gifted daughter to have a fulfilling career that combines creativity, challenge, and the opportunity to contribute, and you want her to establish a satisfactory family life and relationships. However, glass ceilings and sticky floors continue...
Feature Volume 3 / Issue 3 / Spring 2003 Parenting/Advocacy Social-Emotional Issues