Category: Psychology
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Hear me “on the radio”
My daughter was very impressed to hear that I was going to “be on the radio” today. She asked, “Which station?” In this modern world, she is straddling two eras of technology, perhaps three. Sometimes we listen to local radio stations over the real radio airwaves. Sometimes we listen to local radio stations which we…
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Favorite boy, favorite girl
My daughter has started to refer to her brother as “Favorite Boy.” You might think that this is not an epithet, but you would be wrong. She is skilled at turning any fine word into an insult, when her brother is the one she’s referring to. In this particular case, after years of not pulling…
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Birthing a book
People compare writing a book to having a baby, and in many ways its the same. You pour a huge amount of yourself into a book, whether it’s an autobiography or an academic treatise on a rare insect from Guatemala. But for me, the process of publishing my book, From School to Homeschool, has been…
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News from the convention, Day 3
Following are my notes on the National Association for the Gifted Convention, day 3. Click here to read day 1 and day 2. I can’t believe it! I’m typing this on the airplane home and I may in fact be caught up when we touch down. Now, whether I have time to put any links…
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News from the convention, Day 2
Following are my notes about the National Assn. for the Gifted Conference in Denver from this weekend. Click here for Day 1. My first workshop of the day was about asynchronous development and featured Linda Silverman (her list of accomplishments is long; the latest is a book called Giftedness 101 that is no doubt worth…