Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

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  • Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives

    Avant! Welcome to my parenting blog archives

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    As you can see by the dates below, this blog is no longer being updated. However, there’s lots of good stuff here, much of it as true now as when it was written. Please feel free to browse, or follow these links: One last piece of parenting advice: Enjoy today even if it’s a rough…

  • Welcome to the Exploratorium

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    Last year, as San Francisco’s wonderful science museum, the Exploratorium, was preparing to move to their new space, a friend and I exchanged dire predictions. The Exploratorium has long been a favorite of science-loving families. In their funky cavern of a museum they made it cool to be inquisitive and exciting to take part in…

  • Homeschooling rhythms

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    I was talking today with a couple of other homeschooling moms about how we keep everything together. They perceived that I was very organized (though I had to admit that by my own standards, I’m frustratingly disorganized!). So they were asking me how I do it. It sounded like a really good idea for a…

  • Our Thorns and our Gifts

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    We just read The Case of the Deadly Desperados for my daughter’s book club. In the book, the narrator, P.K., is a “half breed” child living in the Old West. After his foster parents are murdered, he is chased around Virginia City by the killers, who want a letter that he has in his possession.…

  • It’s brain awareness week!

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    I just found out that it’s Brain Awareness Week, and brain awareness – a 21st century awareness if ever there was one – has its own Facebook page. And just in time for BAW, a little bit of the gifted community squeaked into mainstream psychology with Allen Frances’s post entitled “Giftedness Should Not Be Confused…

  • Using the G-word with kids

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    This post was inspired by taking part in Natural Parents Network’s Carnival of Natural Parenting: Tough Conversations. One of the recurring themes that parents of gifted children hash and rehash is the question of whether we used the G-word (gifted) with our kids. It’s hard enough for parents to start using the words in their…