Gifted kids whose academic needs aren’t appropriately addressed, may become frustrated, depressed, bored, have bad behavior and ultimately w

If you are a gifted person, or the parent or spouse of a gifted person who is exceptionally sensitive, you understand how dramatic and diffi

Understanding a child’s unique needs is important for all parents, and especially those of gifted children and teens.  What would you do to

Healthy boundary setting is important for everyone, and can be challenging for anyone. Families of gifted children may face some additional

When people of a low ability have “illusory superiority” and erroneously assess their cognitive ability to be greater than it actually is, i

It can be challenging to manage your gifted teen’s moodiness, demanding behavior, and heightened self awareness, while providing the validat

Even if you don’t need daycare, you may worry your kids will be bored, forget what they learned in school, lose touch with friends or lose o

Whether you are a lonely adult yearning for meaningful companionship, have lost connection with friends or partners, or if you are the paren

Being bullied is humiliating.   It happens when people are purposely mean, and behaving in a way meant to harm and embarrass another person,

Laughter can put things in perspective, serve as an anesthetic and actually helps us to heal.  Having a sense of humor reminds us that even

It’s okay to acknowledge your child’s or your hardship if that is what you are experiencing, and then give yourself and them a break.  It’s

Gifted children, adults and their families may experience normal holiday stress, and more.  If you are unusually intelligent or highly talen

If you are an intelligent person, chances are you are very familiar with overexcitabilities, even if you didn't have a name for it befor

I’m not here to convince you to change who you are, or to suggest there is anything pathological about being introverted. In fact, I would l

Executive functioning skills help us to plan, organize, stay on task, finish what we start, have impulse control and use good judgment.  Peo

Perhaps you have noticed you, your child or your spouse is more sensitive or intense than other people.  I certainly have noticed this withi

Highly gifted people are often able to recognize best possible outcomes others cannot see, and are often unwilling to consider.  Sometimes,

Like the Oasis, video games allow us to forget about the stress of our every day lives, create new identities, experience new and impossible

Finding happiness, managing stress and connecting with other people is part of reaching one’s full potential.  Achieving academic, monetary

Like many gifted children, Meg feels different, and believes she is stupid because she doesn’t fit in socially or academically.  Meg is also