Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

Category: Parenting

  • “Inside Out,” a tour of modern parenting

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    “Inside Out” is a truly brilliant film in several respects. The aspect most important to me as an adult is that it’s a kids’ movie that adults can not only enjoy with the kids, but enjoy separately from the kids.

  • Positive mindset, not mindlessly positive

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    I visited a friend from the gifted education community recently. She hosted me and my son at her home, and she and I went for a long walk and got to chat non-stop. What a treat! Not a single interruption. One of the things we talked about was Carol Dweck’s Mindset research. Dweck is a psychologist…

  • A good word about teenagers

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    I know that a few silent parents out there are like me. We are having a fabulous time raising our teens, and we read all those horrid articles wondering if a) we have exceptionally wonderful teenagers (unlikely), or b) we’re just incurably optimistic, sunny-faced people who don’t notice that we’re living with ogres (definitely not…

  • Book Review: Creative Home Schooling grows up

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    It was the weighty Bible of gifted homeschoolers. You saw it on every shelf. My copy was so coveted, one of my homeschooling friends apparently walked off with it and it hasn’t been seen on my shelves since. What was it? An extensively researched book called Creative Homeschooling by Lisa Rivero, published by Great Potential Press (who published my…

  • Hitting the sweet spot at the science fair

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    It’s tempting to see two parenting extremes at the science fair: the slacker parents and the helicopter parents. But the truth is that many parents are trying to hit the sweet spot in between, supporting our children while letting them set their own goals and make their own mistakes.