Category: Health
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Gifted Kids: The disconnect between input and output
It’s hard to educate a child who is profoundly asynchronous, as many gifted children are. While a young gifted child may have a high school level vocabulary, they may struggle to hold a pencil. And the disconnect becomes even more pronounced as the child grows and seems to become more mature. When a child can…
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The value of the personal touch….online!
I may not be able to bring snacks for my students, but when it’s done right, online learning creates community just as in-person learning does.
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6 Takeaways from Research on Teen Brain Development
Parenting in the teen years can be supported by some basic knowledge about the teenage brain. Much of what you think you know about teen development may have been disproven.
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Parenting to avoid regret
A case study: Parenting is a messy business, and we are all just doing the best we can with the tools we have available to us.
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Parenting in the age of fear porn
How we live and parent is our choice. The rational way to get through this life of too many competing voices is to make the best decision based on the information we have on hand and move on. But this is hard to do when we are facing the onslaught of fear porn.