Category: Bright Adults & Life Stories
Introduction to a Longitudinal Study about Gifted Children and Adults
Yes, that’s what I do. I’m an investigative author who looks into why people turn out the ways that they do. In the summer of 2023 I released a book about the gifted children and their families with whom I’d worked in the early 2000s. Those kids are now grown up.[i] The book is The […]
Is It Dysgraphia—or Just a Reluctant Young Writer?
And with boys, in particular, they may not be developmentally ready to work with pencils A parent told me her son’s teacher suggested she look into dysgraphia because he avoided handwriting. Additionally, she wrote this: My son’s teacher has raised challenges with poor handwriting and creative writing (idea development and planning) so we are thinking […]
Gifted Teens, Real Relationships: Why Friendship and Romance Need Adult Support
Many exceptionally and profoundly gifted adolescents and young adults need considerable help and support in finding and maintaining friendship and romantic connections. Many highly intelligent adolescents, while craving friendships, often resist activities and opportunities that would increase their chances of finding true friends and soul mates. Additionally, evidence exists that adults may attribute more maturity, […]
What About Dating and Adolescent relationships?
Extremely gifted people differ from each other in many ways. What does this mean? Adolescence is a difficult time for many people, and social and emotional issues are sometimes additionally exacerbated in the exceptionally or profoundly gifted adolescent when navigating friendship connections, romance, and greater independence in school and home.Many extremely intelligent young people have […]
Cutting Science Funding Affects Everyone
… and some ways you can help to stop it As someone who works with incredibly able, intelligent people, many of them are one form of scientist or another. First, funding cuts would devastate some current work while crippling some research programs that will remain but not in their original state. This also affects who […]
Ivy League College Student Asks If She’s Already “missed the boat”
I want to make a difference in areas I care about From time to time someone writes to me asking for guidance. Sometimes they catch me at the right time where I have time to answer. I no longer consult but I continue to care about people who are struggling somehow. This arrived just yesterday […]
Losing Our Minds: Too Many Gifted Children Left Behind
What my newest book is about First, I apologize for not letting you know enough about this book when I set the publication date of October 26, 2024. I was busy with life and growing older, but with my medical issues, multiple surgeries and medications that sapped the energy out of me over the past […]
What Happens When a Smart Youngster Misses the Gifted “Cut-off”?
How much does previous background and “good fit” affect their options and choices by the time they finish high school? Level One people are in the moderately to gifted range of advanced learners. Where any individual fits in their setting or environment depends, to a significant extent, on who else is there. That’s called the […]
How a Seasoned Educator Sets Up a Final Exam
And it’s a Zoom online proctored by their smart phone exam! In keeping with my theme of “Through the Lifespan,” (I’ve learned that considering giftedness alone isn’t as important for most of life’s experiences!), I am delighted to include an example of a seasoned educator’s approach to making her students’ final exam go well. For […]
Gifted Adults from the Baby Boomer Generation Talk About Social Skills
It’s also called the EQ and IQ Connection Because Some People Navigate Those Waters More easily Than Others. Many highly intelligent people of all ages struggle to feel they fit in or belong. I have long been interested in what makes people feel like they don’t belong. This feeling of not quite “getting it” myself […]
