Barbara Klein, Ed.D.

The Twin Bond

If you can understand your relationship with your twin you will have a happier life. You will make friends more easily and be more successful at your chosen career.

If you want to more completely understand this idea, please call me at 310-209-0515.

Emotional Issues of Gifted Children:
Learn the Most Effective Way to Talk to Your Gifted Child

I am developing a parenting workshop for Saturday August 6 that will last from 10am to 1 pm.

Gifted children can be emotionally intense, moody, and extremely determined to get their own way. Parents can become unsure or confused about how to react or reach out to their children.

This workshop will teach you how to:
    * understand emotional intensity
    * react appropriately
    * set limits
    * avoid power struggles

Creativity

Summertime is a great opportunity to let your gifted child enjoy free time to be creative, to explore special interests, and to have fun. The school year creates a structure that may put enormous pressure on children. Summer is a time for your child to replenish their own inner resources.

Unique Problems of Gifted Children

I spoke at the Wonderland School, which has a Gifted Magnet. Parents talked about the specific difficulties of raising a gifted child. A big concern was how strict you need to be with your smart child. I believe that smart children do better if they understand that their parents have rules and limits.
    Parents shared with me how hard their gifted kids fight against following the rules at home and at school. I concluded by talking about how hard it is to outsmart your smart child. It takes perseverance and unimaginable patience.
    Have a parenting question? Please e-mail me, and have a great summer. Make a plan.

Make School Meaningful to Your Child

Smart children need to actually understand the importance of school. It is not good enough to tell your child that school is something every child has to do. Smart kids are curious enough to ask why. Try to show your child why school work is meaningful if it is not immediately interesting to them. When you work with your child on projects, basic skills, or homework try to reinforce how the task is relevant to everyday life and to the future.