I am honored, blessed, lucky, pleased, delighted, and thesaurus-dependent to bring another interview with the awesome and inspiring Christine Fonseca. If you remember, last fall Christine was interviewed here for her book, Emotional Intensity, and today she is again my …
So. You have found out a kid in your life is twice-exceptional! Congrats…kinda. You’re in for one helluva ride…definitely. You have no idea what to expect…certainly. There’s no need to fear! ChaosMom is here! Sorry. Underdog reference. No idea why …
Oh, I’m sure that title alone will piss some people off. Because, you know, gifted means the child in question is smarter, prettier, more special, more deserving, walks on water, dispenses poop in scented plastic baggies, and has absolutely no …
And so it begins. We have been very lucky that A, for all his problems and idiosyncrasies and struggles and alphabet soup of diagnoses, has been accepted by his peers. Peers who have very little in common with him, and certainly don’t …
I think, before I start writing here, I’m going to direct you to the pretty link at the top of the page. The one that says {privacy}. If you’re in a feed reader or catching this through NetworkedBlogs, click on …
Do you know an Out Of The Box Thinker? Chances are you do, you just didn’t know what to call it. Perhaps bizarre or eccentric or just plain odd. Marches to the beat of a different drummer. Square peg in …
Seriously, I can’t make this stuff up. No one would believe me. This is an actual conversation A and I had this morning as I was trying to make breakfast. I had overslept and was only 2.137 sips of coffee …
Parenting requires levels of patience that don’t exist in this particular space-time continuum. We’re talking levels above that of a middle school teacher at an all-girls school, above that of Lindsey Lohan’s parole officer, above even the levels of patience …
<Introduction> <Applause> Welcome to the 15th Annual Everything Gifted and Talented Conference! So glad you could make it back this morning for another full day of all things gifted. Before we start, a few housekeeping items. The meeting room for …
So, you may have heard me mention a time or two, perhaps in passing, that I have an emotionally intense son. (And…the winner for Understatement Of The Year, Blog Edition…goes to…Jen! From Laughing at Chaos!!! <the crowd goes wild>) Yes, …
