Does your child see the world through a different lens than most children his or her age? Are you or your child sometimes overwhelmed with these emotions? Click on the heart buried within the flower to see how your child fits into Dabrwoski's Overexcitable Theory or read more about this on the link to the Davidson Institute below.
Davidson Institute addresses the question: Emotionally immature or emotionally intense?
As a parent of gifted children, we are faced with these meltdowns regularly. I can't say that they are ever any more pleasant, but they do become more manageable as we teach our children how to deal with their overwhelming emotions and respect them ourselves. At the 2012 annual SENG conference held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this year, a powerful statment reached out and embraced me: "Never punish a meltdown." This phrase has helped me put perspective on the emotional intensity in our household. I feel more in control and able to guide my kids rather than be the bitter enforcer. The difference between a tantrum and a meltdown is that in a tantrum the child is actually in control and trying to manipulate to get something he wants, but in a meltdown, the child is overwhelmed with emotions and is not able to navigate himself out of the storm.
Davidson Institute addresses the question: Emotionally immature or emotionally intense?
As a parent of gifted children, we are faced with these meltdowns regularly. I can't say that they are ever any more pleasant, but they do become more manageable as we teach our children how to deal with their overwhelming emotions and respect them ourselves. At the 2012 annual SENG conference held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this year, a powerful statment reached out and embraced me: "Never punish a meltdown." This phrase has helped me put perspective on the emotional intensity in our household. I feel more in control and able to guide my kids rather than be the bitter enforcer. The difference between a tantrum and a meltdown is that in a tantrum the child is actually in control and trying to manipulate to get something he wants, but in a meltdown, the child is overwhelmed with emotions and is not able to navigate himself out of the storm.