Best of Gifted Challenges

The following is a list of popular posts grouped by topic. I hope that they are helpful. Thanks for taking the time to read them!

Advocacy and Educational Options

Why aren't you advocating for your gifted child?

Let's get real about gifted kids

Why differentiated instruction fails gifted children

25 signs your gifted child is misunderstood at school

Intelligence denied: When gifted children's abilities are ignored

Boredom, school, and the gifted child: Challenging its inevitability

When gifted students feel disconnected from school

Ability grouping works - and is essential in middle school and beyond

When gifted children are not identified as gifted

Helping your child understand giftedness

What to say to your gifted child...about being gifted

How to explain IQ testing to your gifted child

Planning ahead

Your child is gifted! Now what?

Don't wait to get your gifted child tested!

Ten essential tips to help your gifted teen plan for college

Five tips gifted students need to consider when choosing a college

Social and Emotional Concerns

Ten reasons why your gifted child procrastinates

Underachievers-under-the-radar: How seemingly successful gifted students fall short of their potential

Who is the gifted underachiever? Four types of underachievement in gifted children

Gifted overthinkers: What makes them tick

Supporting your emotionally excitable gifted child

Difficult passage: Gifted girls in middle school

Is your gifted teen socially isolated?

Get your gifted boy through middle school

Supporting musically talented children: Challenging social and emotional roadblocks to success

The interface of anxiety, overthinking and shame among gifted children and teens

Parenting and Gifted Adults

Tips for parents of gifted children: What most parents wish they had known

Guilty thoughts: What parents of gifted children really think

Welcome to gifted parenting: A checklist of emotions

Gifted adults and relationships: Ten sources of conflict