Suki Wessling: writer, teacher, radio host

Category: Parenting

  • Book Review: A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children

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    Parents often wish their children came with an owner’s manual. If there is anything that comes close to being an owner’s manual for parents of gifted children, this book is it.

  • Successful on their own terms

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    I once heard a brave workshop leader say something that caused multiple mom faces around the room to fall with an almost audible thunk: “How many of you have exactly the same values and beliefs as your parents?” the workshop leader had asked. Three moms out of perhaps 50 had raised their hands. “Well,” she…

  • Can we be funny anymore?

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    My family was sitting around the dinner table talking….what we usually do. Someone made a reference to the Boneless Chicken Ranch, and we all cracked up. My kids, of course, learned about the iconic Gary Larson cartoon through us, and through the fact that I treasure the Far Side books I purchased as a teen.…

  • A boy at 13

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    The big news in our town recently was that a thirteen-year-old boy was shot and killed in his neighborhood. Police say the boy had gang ties, though his mother and a counselor who worked with him said he’d been turning his life around. My son is thirteen. It’s hard to look at lives like his next…

  • The Power of Habit: Clean at last!

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    I have a weakness for books that take brain research and attempt to apply it to our everyday lives. I think this is one of the most fascinating aspects of the time we’re living in: We’re amassing all this new information about how our brains work… so what do we do with it? My husband…