For Parents of Gifted Children
Ever offer your children money, gifts, or special privileges for every "A" they bring home on their report card? If you do, you're not alone. Across the nation parents are rewarding their children for good grades in a variety...
Makel, Matthew C. Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge
Welcome to our Duke Gifted Letter Special Series. As a special benefit to our 4th/5th Grade Talent Search families, we are developing a series of special issues of Duke Gifted Letter, each with a theme relevant to a particular...
The underachievement of capable children is an area of concern for many parents and educators. Although the study of student underachievement has a long educational history, it is more productive to consider what motivates students to do well. Students tend...
Volume 6 / Issue 4 / Summer 2006 Parenting/Advocacy Siegle, Del Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge
Alice is an introverted eight-year-old who chats happily with parents, siblings, and close friends but doesn’t talk much in class. Her teacher thinks that she is struggling and suggests holding her back. Her parents are frustrated and angry; fortunately, they...
Henderson, Lynne Volume 6 / Issue 2 / Winter 2006 Social-Emotional Issues The Emotional Edge
In his latest book, Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton, the best-selling author and philosopher, graphically chronicles the universal anxiety, often unspoken, about what others think of us and whether they judge us successes or failures by our achievements. De...
Feature Frydenberg, Erica Volume 5 / Issue 4 / Summer 2005 Social-Emotional Issues
When our 12-year-old daughter, Lauren, began to respond to our simplest requests with anger and resentment, my husband, Bill, and I pressed her to explain why she felt so offended. Her exasperated response, “I never get a moment’s peace,” confounded...
Anderson, Tamara Volume 5 / Issue 4 / Summer 2005 Parent's Platform Social-Emotional Issues