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Parents of gifted children meet roughly once a month to discuss a specific book or article that is of interest to the group. Come to all the discussions, or come to only those that specifically pertain to you. Read the book in depth, skim it, or take a look at the cover on Amazon before your run out the door! The objective is to use the book to frame the discussion with other parents who face the same kinds of parenting challenges you do! Interested in having a book group in your area or at a time convenient for you? Let's start one up! Contact your regional coordinator with your ideas and suggestions. | Previous Reads: December 4, 2018: The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connect World by Jordan Shapiro. September 4, 2019: The Curse of Genius October 2, 2019: Smart but Scattered November 6, 2019: Unwritten Rules: Real Strategies to Parent Your Child Into a Successful Adult February 12, 2020: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk OR How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk March 4, 2020: Raising and living with gifted kids April 8, 2020: Movie Month!!! Captain Fantastic May 6, 2020: Finding Good Mentoring Relationships for your kids June 3, 2020: Differently Wired by Deborah Reber August 5, 2020: Out of Sync by Stephanie Tolan October 7, 2020: Understanding Your Gifted Child From the Inside Out by Jim Delisle November 4, 2020: Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman December 2. 2020: The Gifted School: A Novel by Bruce Holsinger February 3, 2021: The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen March 3, 2021: The Power of Self Advocacy for Gifted Learners by Deb Douglas April 7, 2021: Super Powered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence and Resilience by Renee Jain and Tsabary Shefali May 5, 2021: How to Raise Your IQ by Eating Gifted Children by Lewis B. Frumkes September 1, 2021: Lifelines: An Inspirational Journey from Profound Darkness to Radiant Light by Melissa Bernstein
October 6, 2021: Insight Into A Bright Mind by Nicole A Tetreault November 3, 2021: When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers by Judy Galbraith, M.A. and Jim Delisle, Ph.D. For more gifted book ideas, see our Gifted Book list in Resources. CGCC Book Club & Virtual CoffeeAt the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we also offered a book club that met online bi-weekly and discussed the same book for multiple sessions. In 2020, we discussed "Giftedness 101" by Linda Silverman, "The Highly Sensitive Child" by Elaine Aron, "The Strong, Sensitive Boy" by Ted Zeff, "Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted: 30 essays on Giftedness, 30 Years of SENG" by various SENG Authors and Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults by Susan Daniels and Michael M. Piechowski (editors). In 2021, we started our discussions with the topic of Mindfulness and read Planting Seeds of Mindfulness: Creating the Conditions to Help Gifted Kids to Flourish and Bloom Intellectually, Emotionally, and Spiritually by Michele Kane & Dorothy A. Sisk. We also had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Kane for one of our meetings. We then discussed the practice of Self-Compassion and read the book with the same title Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff. This book club is currently taking a break from meeting. Watch our calendar for other opportunities to meet. |