{Homegrown Kids} Online Resource for Studying Greek Mythology
For our next homeschool project-based study–which we settled on last night, our son wants to revisit mythology. I’ve already lined up some books to get at the library and begun pulling the materials...
View Article{From Blog to Book Giveaway} “Quiet Kids: Help Your Introverted Child Succeed...
Update: A winner has been contacted and this giveaway is now closed. Long-time RW&G readers know that, from time to time, I like to showcase the work of my fellow authors. Most of these writers...
View ArticleDear Parents: Here’s How to Survive & Thrive at the Holidays
The year is winding down, everything is either pumpkin-scented or cinnamon-spiced, and we’re already knee-deep on what I call the “Falliday holidays.” I’ve got two words to say about that upfront:...
View ArticleWhat About Watson?: BBC Sherlock, Parents, and Raising an Emotionally...
Image source: BBC Let’s just say that my post about Sherlock and parents of gifted/2E kids generated a lot of traffic. Make that a flood of traffic. It wasn’t Curly Fu fangirls, either. It was parents...
View Article{Giveaway} An Interview with Mantu Joshi, Author of “The Resilient Parent”
FTC disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate Links. I was provided a review copy of this book–at my request–but I was in no way compensated for this interview or the giveaway. A few weeks ago I...
View ArticleDear Momastery: We Disagree re: “Gifted”
Quickly sharing my response here to a new post up by Glennon over at Momastery: All children have gifts. All children ARE gifts. But, no, not all children are gifted. In the education world,...
View ArticleParents: Have You Ever Thought about Designing an App?
Today I’m sharing the experience of a working-homeschool-mom-turned-app developer, Annie Graham, over at my first book’s website, How to Work and Homeschool. It’s such an inspiring story! (That’s...
View Article“I’m a Reformed Helicopter Mom”
This summer I’m pleased to host some talented women writers who share my own eclectic intellectual interests. This first installment in the series is an excerpt from Penny Williams’ new book, Boy...
View Article{GHF Blog Hop} What I’ve Learned About Being Gifted as a Grown-Up
Even as a wee one, I was intense. The only way that I’d make this photo was if my mom joined me. This post is part of a Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Blog Hop. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a...
View ArticleHow to Parent Optimally Your Gifted/2E Kid
These observations came to me on the flight back from the 2014 SENG conference in San Jose, California this past weekend. I was there with Gifted Homeschoolers’ Forum and my blogger friends. If...
View ArticleFlow, Optimal Experience, and Parenting Kids and Teens
In the early ’00s–not long before this TED talk, I heard Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi speak in person on “flow.” This was a serious, geeky fangirl moment for me. I’d been following his work for several...
View Article{Big Ideas} A Meditation on the Pursuit of Happiness
Image copyright Yalisha Case This long-form response is another response my earlier post on the hedonic treadmill. It was written by one of my online RWG salon members, Yalisha. (Can I tell you how...
View ArticleHere’s What Your Parents Did, Kids, When You Weren’t Looking
Stock photo: Canva We parents all have our little secrets, the things we’ve done or said but intentionally kept from our kids. Below is a round-up of candid parent confessions addressed to their...
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