Several years ago I became aware of the idea of age disequilibrium. It answered many of my questions regarding how a child’s behavior could change so drastically over the period of a few months. I wrote at one point about my perplexity with the …
Do you know your personality type? Do you realize how much your personality type impacts how you interact with people, events, and environmental stimuli? Have you considered how the personality types of the other people in your home impact your …
I’m a proponent of home education and believe it can be a powerful option for many families, but homeschooling stress is real. It’s easy to find information about all of the benefits of homeschooling whether they are educational, social, …
I’ve just finished reading Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. I learned of the book in a Facebook group when someone shared two fictional story videos in Japanese that …
May 11 is an official holiday in our home! We celebrate It’s a Girl! Day to commemorate finding out via ultrasound that we were at very long last expecting a girl. We had prayed specifically for a daughter all of those years and experienced a …
The first time Caroline asked me a difficult spiritual question I was not prepared. I love theology, discussing doctrine, reading meaty books, studying the Bible, etc., but discussing these topics with a little girl wasn’t on my radar! And yet …
I know from reading conversations online that gifted and 2e children at church is often a big issue for Christian parents. I’m going to say up front I do not have the answers for this. More than any other post in this series I’m going to …
I’ve written many posts that apply to parenting and homeschooling gifted/2e children in the Christian faith. If you aren’t familiar with them, I did touch upon a number of topics related to disciplining children. The following posts …
The idea of giftedness provokes very strong feelings among parents. When some parents hear the words “gifted” or “twice-exceptional (2e)” used to describe their child, they feel relieved. It might be the final piece of the …
Since learning of Caroline’s giftedness (2e), the past year has been a huge learning curve for me. I’ve had to rethink so much about learning and parenting. Because I’m a Christian, I think about these topics in the context of my faith. I realized at …
