TPP 319: Dr. Gail Post on the Gifted Parenting Journey and Support for Families of Gifted Children
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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6 chapters
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What are the main challenges parents face when raising gifted and twice‑exceptional children?
I think it's one of the saddest things is that you see people driving around with bumper stickers saying, my student's an honor student, or you have parents all over Facebook or Instagram sharing what seems like kind of routine accomplishments, but good for their kids, right? And good for them. But we can't do that as easily because then we're perceived as elitist or snobby or tiger moms or not caring about other kids. Like there's this stigma around against sharing some of these accomplishments. And some of them are really remarkable, what some of these kids do.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber. It's been a while since I've done an episode that focuses squarely on giftedness and the unique challenges parents face in supporting their bright, gifted, and twice-exceptional kids. So when I found out that Gail Post, the psychologist behind the popular Gifted Challenge blog, which incidentally was one of my very first go-to resources before I even dreamed of creating child parenting, had just released a new book for parents, I reached out and invited her to join me on the show. As a clinical psychologist, parenting coach, and consultant for more than 35 years, and as the parent of two gifted young adults, Gail has been providing psychotherapy with a focus on the needs of intellectually and musically gifted and twice-exceptional kids.
Her new book, The Gifted Parenting Journey, A Guide to Self-Discovery and Support for Families of Gifted Children, combines research, theory, and clinical experience and extends her advocacy efforts to address the needs of parents of gifted children. In this episode, we're diving into the realities of parenting gifted and two-week kids. Gail and I talk about the common challenges of parents raising these kids' experience as part of the journey, why it can sometimes feel uncomfortable to celebrate our child's accomplishments with others, and how that actually impacts our kids and us, and how to handle our own expectations and pressures we may experience because of our child's unique learning profile.
We also explore what many families of gifted kids experience as a complicated relationship with the word potential, as well as how we as parents can manage our own uncomfortable emotions that may arise in parenting our kids, including anxiety, envy, and guilt. If you're parenting a gifted or 2E child, I know this conversation is going to resonate. Before I get to that, there is a new way to engage with me and the Tilt Parenting podcast this season. I love making the show and getting to have thoughtful conversations with fascinating guests. And I always find myself wanting to go deeper into the topics with other people who are as interested as I am. And now I can. I'm partnering with a new social platform for book and podcast clubs called Fable to host a special Tilt Parenting Pod Club.
So what's a pod club? It's like a book club, but for podcasts. Together, we can go deeper on every single episode and share our highlights, our comments, our questions, related resources, and more. And it is completely free. To join my new pod club and the discussion surrounding what Gail Post has to share about the realities of raising gifted and two-week kids, just download the Fable app on your phone or device and search for Tilt Parenting or go to TiltParenting.com slash Fable for a direct link. I hope to see you there. And now here is my conversation with Gail. Hey, Gail, welcome to the podcast. Hi, thanks for having me
here. Glad to be here.
Well, I'd love if you could take a few minutes to just introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about the work that you do. And as part of that, I always ask my guests to share their personal why for the work that they do.
Well, the why has really informed how I got involved in this. So background, I'm a clinical psychologist in practice for like 35 years, work with teens, adults, parents, families, all that stuff.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the main challenges parents face when raising gifted and twice‑exceptional children?
0:00–5:36
2
How does Dr. Gail Post’s new book “The Gifted Parenting Journey” help parents understand their own motivations?
5:36–11:52
3
Why do gifted‑parent families often feel uncomfortable celebrating their child’s achievements publicly?
11:52–18:11
4
How can parents set realistic expectations without creating pressure or guilt?
18:11–26:46
5
What does the word “potential” really mean for gifted families and how can it be reframed?
26:46–35:00
6
Which uncomfortable emotions (anxiety, envy, guilt) commonly arise for parents of gifted kids and how can they be managed?
35:00–40:11
Speakers
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