For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
Have you thought about homeschooling your gifted daughter? Here are 100 reasons I thought of to homeschool your gifted daughter. 1. Time to develop a better one-on-one relationship with your complicated, gifted daughter 2. Girls are often discouraged …
Perfectionism can be a significant struggle in the lives of many children and adults. I consider myself a recovering perfectionist because I’m aware of my propensity to go in that direction and so I make sure I keep it in check. I’ve come …
Because gifted children demand so much energy and focus on the part of the parents, it can be easy to think only of the challenges of homeschooling and parenting them. In order to keep a balanced perspective, it’s important to also recognize …
We’ve had a couple of significant aha moments that changed our parenting. One I mentioned in a previous post had to do with Identifying and Understanding the Red Zone with Your Spirited Child. The other one we figured out a bit earlier and is …
A few years ago I read an article called The Restless Ones (now archived) that was both comforting and disconcerting. It was comforting because after reading it I understood our situation a bit better and I knew I wasn’t alone. It was …
If you’ve read my writing for any length of time, you already know that I am extremely introverted and that I function best when I have lots and lots of time alone each day. When Caroline was little I was sure she had to be an extrovert because …
We’ve homeschooled Caroline from the beginning. Although we’ve wavered a bit here and there due to the challenges of life (my chronic illness, my strong introversion, etc.), we’ve remained committed to homeschooling, believing it is …
