Gail Post
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280 appearances
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first heard Feb 2023
last heard Feb 2023
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A lot of times they don't know how to censor themselves and what's appropriate social conversation.
When they have meltdowns in the grocery store aisle, when they won't do certain things because they don't like, I don't know, the color of the room that they're in, you know, because it affects them in a sensory way.
So it's really tough to think, oh, my child embarrasses me.
Envy also, as you mentioned, that's a big one that a lot of times we can be envious of the kids who seem to be getting along in school and have lots of friends and they don't seem to cause their parents much of a struggle or even families who maybe have more financial wealth and can afford private schools or other extracurriculars that we as parents can't necessarily envision.
And the sense of isolation, like, wow, I don't want to be one of those parents that
from things because I have this gifted child and other parents are going to think I'm pushy or I'm weird.
And so there's a lot there.
And then ultimately the guilt, as you mentioned, the sense of, did I do the right thing?
Should I have chosen a different path?
Should I have done something more
Well, I think most parents of a newborn feel a lot of anxiety and feel anxiety when their toddler is throwing tantrums.
I mean, there's different points in all of our lives where we feel anxiety and worries and fears or when our teenager is out too late, all of that.
But
There isn't much of a roadmap for parents of gifted or 2E kids to know, well, how do I deal with these different scenarios that are not listed in parenting books?
You read things about, well, just give them a coloring book and they'll be fine.
They'll sit quietly in the restaurant.
It's like, no, they won't.
They won't do that.
There are these struggles about what to do, how to...
set up a situation that is best for my child and for us you know what events can we go to with a child who has a lot of needs what do we do about expectations do we push them do we not push them do we advocate a lot do we change schools what do we do about their social relationships there's so many worries and again not a lot of clarity about what works with gifted kids because again if the kids are usually different from one another but even
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