Parenting

Going back to school last year, I knew it would impact my whole family. Sure, this was my choice, but I knew that the whole family would...

Within minutes of exchanging their classroom for a computer screen, and Zoom specifically, my three kids figured out how to manipulate...

Mathematically gifted students are able to use logic and deductive thinking. Thinking in a different way must always be accepted.

The morning arrived when I had to take the Covid-19 test. This morning. And while I have heard horror stories about the feeling of having...

I’ve started to read the series again – to be able to hold detailed discussions with her.

00:15 - “Mommy, I can’t sleep.” “Are you feeling okay?” “Yes. Pick a number.” “It’s after midnight, you have school tomorrow. Let’s try...

Just a regular evening on the couch... the kid is explaining his math ideas and theories. #gifted

How three children with the same upbringing can be – and are – so different.

Every day at 5 pm, we do a creative family project. This routine kicked off during the Coronavirus Isolation predicament. Today, we went...

We did it! The latest Coronavirus social media challenge. Find a famous artwork and create an interpretation of it using objects and...

A copy of this blog appears on Oshi the clown's blog, too. I met a girl who was a ball of energy. She was electric. Bounced off walls....

Killer clowns are way more popular than their therapeutic counterparts. Although that shouldn’t be surprising. It’s been shown that...

My 12-year-olds had a tweenager quarrel. He said. She said. It happened suddenly while we were sightseeing. On a hot day. In the sun. So,...

For the past five years, I’ve focused my public speaking on the innovation stories I’ve covered as a journalist. I love speaking to...

The tweenager woke up angry. Everyone was to blame. Her youngest brother “took” her spot on the couch. Even though she had vacated said...

School is around the corner. Summer is almost over. But those two facts are irrelevant to one of my seventh-graders (twins, I have two...