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roseleaf24's review against another edition
4.0
The best part of this book is knowing that the emotional intensity comes with giftedness and knowing I am not alone in dealing with it. Knowing she is not alone in feeling the big feelings has been very helpful to my daughter as well. Much of the advice is basic parenting advice with an eye towards how it is helpful to gifted children, but it was a good reminder. The reframing of when to just let her calm down and not focus on stopping the behaviors was really helpful, as I've internalized a lot of judgement about how she should be behaving. I skipped most of the analyses of the disastrous conversations, as I found them too uncomfortable, but the examples of positive ways to work through these issues were helpful.
jenlaughs's review against another edition
5.0
You can read my complete review at http://www.laughingatchaos.com. This book is for any parent who has an emotionally intense child. You know, the one you look at pretty much every day and wonder WHAT.THE.HELL? The one who can change mood on a knife's edge, who is just "more," who just doesn't seem to roll with the punches as well as others. Get your hands on this book; it's the one I wish we'd had five years ago.
smbcoffee's review against another edition
5.0
A very helpful book. The key idea is to help children and teens learn to manage their intense emotions, not to change them into less intense versions of themselves.
erenz's review against another edition
2.0
Aside from the concept of gifted children being prone to emotional intensity and rigid thinking patterns, there's really nothing useful here (and you can gather that bit from the title). Unless you want a plethora of staged "conversations" with sample gifted children and highly unrealistic conversational patterns, you might skip this one. Also, if you take a chance on the ebook version, prepare yourself for an onslaught of errors/typos.
irinagoldberg1's review against another edition
5.0
This book is a really great guide to dealing with emotional and behavioral issues. Very specific and well thought out advice.
rachelreadthis's review against another edition
2.0
Gifted child here, trying to figure out what my family missed with my gifted sibling and myself. Some good basic suggestions and techniques here, but docking a point for the number of typos?/misspellings?/other copy errors in this edition. It was fine at first until it got way too distracting for me.
assaphmehr's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent book for parents (and teachers) of gifted children. A must-read for any parent feeling lost and overwhelmed (and if you find the child's school is pushing back, make them read this too! So much of giftedness is misunderstood).
The book covers three parts:
* What It Really Means to Be Gifted
Fonseca does a great job of covering the misconceptions and realities of giftedness and their implications on daily life.
* Great Information, But Now What?
This section has practical strategies and techniques of dealing with - and, more importantly, teaching the child how to deal with the intensity of emotions associated with giftedness. These are presented as practical "run-sheets" you can implement and follow to restructure the family (and class) to accommodate and deal with the child's needs.
* Being Your Child’s Coach
A higher-level approach, on the best ways to approach children so that they engage rather than oppose, on helping them realise their own emotions and give them the tools to deal with it. These are often useful with other children as well.
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The book covers three parts:
* What It Really Means to Be Gifted
Fonseca does a great job of covering the misconceptions and realities of giftedness and their implications on daily life.
* Great Information, But Now What?
This section has practical strategies and techniques of dealing with - and, more importantly, teaching the child how to deal with the intensity of emotions associated with giftedness. These are presented as practical "run-sheets" you can implement and follow to restructure the family (and class) to accommodate and deal with the child's needs.
* Being Your Child’s Coach
A higher-level approach, on the best ways to approach children so that they engage rather than oppose, on helping them realise their own emotions and give them the tools to deal with it. These are often useful with other children as well.
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binatoes's review against another edition
5.0
This is an eye opener for anyone with a gifted child in their life. Everyone in education should read as well.
melodyriggs's review against another edition
4.0
My daughter's teacher recommended this book to us because over the last two or three months she has had moments where she has exploded at school, either with the teacher or with another student.
I was skeptical at first. As an educator myself, I've never been a fan of the "gifted" label. There were some times initially too where the writing style of the book frustrated me (particularly with the author would bring up a new lint and then say it would be discussed later). Also, there were times when i felt the whole book was kind of "dumbed down" (I guess I expected a slightly more elevated writing style considering this is a parenting guide containing research. Maybe I expected something more formal and better organized. But style preference issues aside, the book did offer quite a bit of insight into our daughter's recent behaviors.
Our daughter is in her last year of preschool and will attend kindergarten next year. While no test has formally determined that she is gifted, her preschool teacher said she is bright and understands things differently from and usually at a level above her classmates. This book was great at providing some strategies and tips for helping our daughter deal with her frustrations and cope with her sometimes intense outbursts.
Sme of the book wasn't quite relevant as our daughter doesn't have homework yet, only attends school for 2.5 hours a day, and is just young. However, we'll probably use this book as a reference in the future should we continue to encounter problems. Right now, the biggest tips bringing peace to our household are the coping strategies to teach children and the tip to parents to distance themselves and not get emotionally invested in situations and tantrums with your child.
As an educator with several gifted students in a typical classroom, I found the notes to teachers sections also helpful.
Overall is was a quick and informative read with strategies and ideas that my husband and I could begin implementing immediately and easily. I do wish there would've been more information included about younger children since even the youngest case study example was a few years older than my kid.
I was skeptical at first. As an educator myself, I've never been a fan of the "gifted" label. There were some times initially too where the writing style of the book frustrated me (particularly with the author would bring up a new lint and then say it would be discussed later). Also, there were times when i felt the whole book was kind of "dumbed down" (I guess I expected a slightly more elevated writing style considering this is a parenting guide containing research. Maybe I expected something more formal and better organized. But style preference issues aside, the book did offer quite a bit of insight into our daughter's recent behaviors.
Our daughter is in her last year of preschool and will attend kindergarten next year. While no test has formally determined that she is gifted, her preschool teacher said she is bright and understands things differently from and usually at a level above her classmates. This book was great at providing some strategies and tips for helping our daughter deal with her frustrations and cope with her sometimes intense outbursts.
Sme of the book wasn't quite relevant as our daughter doesn't have homework yet, only attends school for 2.5 hours a day, and is just young. However, we'll probably use this book as a reference in the future should we continue to encounter problems. Right now, the biggest tips bringing peace to our household are the coping strategies to teach children and the tip to parents to distance themselves and not get emotionally invested in situations and tantrums with your child.
As an educator with several gifted students in a typical classroom, I found the notes to teachers sections also helpful.
Overall is was a quick and informative read with strategies and ideas that my husband and I could begin implementing immediately and easily. I do wish there would've been more information included about younger children since even the youngest case study example was a few years older than my kid.
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