Gail Post
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280 appearances
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first heard Feb 2023
last heard Feb 2023
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and then be willing to change and recalibrate based on what works and what doesn't work.
Leaving room for disappointment and failure, acknowledging small successes as well.
For a lot of kids, especially those with executive functioning skills, dilemmas, just cleaning their room is a big accomplishment.
Just finishing their homework on time is a big accomplishment.
It's not overstating the fact that those should be important things to recognize just as much as
winning a science fair project.
So looking at the big successes as well as the little ones, but even with the big successes, to really make it clear that you'd love them no matter what, that the love and attention they receive is not hinging on their success.
And then parents can also ask themselves, what are my core expectations?
What do I value?
What's important for me in raising this child and helping this child become a happy, successful, fully functioning adult?
What
influences and values do I need to instill and role model for them as well?
So when you really think about it, it's quite a big task for parents.
Well, yes and no.
I mean, I think the verdict is not in yet.
And there are different researchers and theorists in the field who suggest different things.
I know that, for example, one study with Nicole Tetreault and Ruth Karpinski talked about this.
a higher prevalence of anxiety, depression, and even autoimmune illnesses and allergies among folks who are highly gifted.
So there's this sort of built-in sensitivity, which I think we see in general, that these kids are sensitive.
They have radar for what's going on around them.
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