Category: Child Development & Behavior
Many School Behaviors are Related to a Child’s Sex and Personality
Extroversion, being male, and having a sister are a triple whammy for most boys during their school years! See why. Over 35 years of working with and studying children and adults, especially those in the high end range of capability, I’ve learned that differing personality types between family members and school settings create significant issues […]
If a Gifted Child is Getting Poor Grades, Does this Mean They’re Underachieving?
People collapse “grade getting” behaviors or “going to college” with intelligence. Don’t! First, when a child is clearly capable and smart — possibly gifted — it is common for both teachers and parents to see “bad grades” as either underachievement or maybe they have a disability. But is it that simple? Interestingly enough, a great […]
When ACES Aren’t a Good Thing
Adverse Childhood Experiences can derail even the most gifted children Aces. In many card games, aces are tricky because — in some card games — the ace can count as a high value card and/or a low value card. My father taught my brothers and me how to play Black Jack when we very young. According to AI on […]
Development in Gifted Children: Different in Many Ways
In 1999 I developed an intake form called “Developmental Milestones.” Parents who came to my new consultancy gave me all the information I thought I might need to figure them and their children out so that I could help them with their schooling and other issues related to their child being ahead of most children […]
Why Do So Many Smart and Gifted Kids Think They Don’t Like Math?
It may have something to do with the different personality types between the teachers and some students. My closest girlfriend since grade school became a math teacher. To her, math was great and made sense. Our IQs and basic standardized test results are virtually the same. To me, math was a problem for a long time…. […]