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The Unschooling Movement: What is it and is it right for my child?

Posted: October 17th, 2011 by Michele Borba


The “unschooling” concept is fascinating. I’ve learned ages ago that there is no cookie cutter approach to educating children. The key is to find what works best to optimize each child’s learning potential. But I’ve also learned that when it comes to “unschooling” it’s a very unique parent who can succeed. (Think of young Tom [...]



Nurturing Children’s Talents

Posted: December 14th, 2010 by Michele Borba


Parenting styles that raise gifted and talented kids. Parenting advice to apply the research and increase your child’s natural talents and gifts. In almost 100 parenting segments I’ve done on the TODAY show, “Is Your Child Gifted?” received the strongest reaction.  It really struck a cord among parents. (And almost every parent wrote in to [...]