Gifted & 2e

Gifted and 2e Children at Church

May 6, 2015 23 Comments

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I know from reading conversations online that gifted and 2e children at church is often a big issue for Christian parents. And 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 raise the questions and I’m sincerely hoping others …

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Disciplining Gifted and 2e Children in the Christian Faith

May 4, 2015 23 Comments

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Several of the posts I wrote in my 31 Days of Learning Differently series apply to parenting and homeschooling gifted/2e children in the Christian faith. If you aren’t familiar with that series, I did touch upon a number of topics related to disciplining children. The following posts would be helpful background to this topic of …

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Thinking about Gifted/2e from a Christian Perspective

May 1, 2015 5 Comments

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The idea of giftedness provokes very strong feelings amongst parents. When some parents hear the words “gifted” or “2e” used to describe their child, they feel relieved. It might be the final piece of the puzzle regarding their high-maintenance child who simply doesn’t function like other children. When other parents hear the term gifted they …

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Raising Gifted Children in the Christian Faith

May 1, 2015 7 Comments

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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 one point that there is very little out there about …

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Why I Don’t Micromanage My Picky Eater

April 10, 2015 2 Comments

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We have two picky eaters in our home. My daughter is a picky eater. I’m the other one. Because I’ve always been very particular about food, it makes it much easier to accept my daughter’s eating preferences. And she has had them from very early on. Raising a Picky Eater I remember one day when my …

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Occupational Therapy for Dysgraphia or Writing Problems

April 2, 2015 22 Comments

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This past fall we made the decision to seek out occupational therapy (OT) for Caroline. She was struggling a great deal with the act of writing and we also suspected she had some midline issues. With her permission, I’m going to write about our experience with occupational therapy for dysgraphia or writing problems. We strongly …

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When Homeschooling is Hard – The Day I Called the Public Elementary School

March 11, 2015 20 Comments

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If you receive my newsletter, you already know that the past couple of weeks were tough. I mentioned in the last newsletter that I was calling the previous week my Homeschool Mom Professional Development Week to put a positive spin on it. (If you aren’t getting my weekly newsletter, you’re missing out! You can subscribe …

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Saying “No” to Holiday Pressures

January 14, 2015 3 Comments

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So how were your holidays? Were they enjoyable? Meaningful? Special? Or were they (as Peggy called hers in a comment on another post) a “tightly-choreographed death march”? Did you and your family end up stressed, sick or burned out? Were you so busy doing the things you felt obligated to do that you didn’t do …

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100 Reasons to Homeschool Your Gifted Daughter

December 3, 2014 2 Comments

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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 from displaying their intelligence in school settings 3. Being a second teacher to the other kids in …

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Multipotentiality, Niche Blogging, Careers, and Real Life

November 11, 2014 14 Comments

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As I entered the world of learning more about gifted and 2e children over the past several months, I discovered the term multipotentiality. It was very interesting because I clearly saw myself in that group and related to the challenges. This is probably the best overall article I’ve found that hits all the main points …

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Dealing with Perfectionism in Our Children

October 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

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On my Meet Sallie page I identify myself as a recovering perfectionist. I consider myself a recovering one because I am aware of my propensity to go in that direction and so I strive to keep it in check. I’ve come a loooong way from where I was in the past although I don’t think …

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The Joys of a Gifted Child

October 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

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So far in the 31 Days of Children Who Learn Differently series we’ve focused a lot on the challenges of homeschooling and parenting a differently-wired child. As I was reading some comments earlier today, I realized that I needed to also write about the joys of having a gifted child. Recognizing the Joys of a …

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Gifted Children and Transitions

October 28, 2014 Leave a Comment

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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 probably even more important if you are raising a differently-wired child. …

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Adjusting Expectations as the Parent of a Gifted Child

October 27, 2014 4 Comments

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A few years ago I read an article 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 disconcerting because I didn’t want to accept the reality of what it contained. In the article, the children are …

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