Category Archives: motherhood

10 Basic Good Mother Messages

Posted on May 23, 2012 by raisingsmartgirls

I’ve been a mother for 1o.5 years now.  And I need constant reminders about what is good fertilizer to grow children.  I know, so sad, right?  But it’s true. I have read in so many places regarding healing from childhood … Continue reading →

Posted in abuse, anxiety, Attachment Parenting, Depression, emotional dysregulation, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, introspection, loss of parental love, meltdowns, mindfulness, motherhood, my mothering goals, personal growth, personal issues, raising smart girls, suicidal ideation, trauma | 1 Comment

Relationship advice to give smart girls

Posted on January 21, 2012 by raisingsmartgirls

I have a confession.  I really don’t know how to raise smart teenaged girls. I have been filled with no small amount of anxiety over my daughters’ future fates – the burning questions I have is:  Will my daughters find … Continue reading →

Posted in feminism, motherhood, raising smart girls, women's studies | 4 Comments

What I’ve learned – Part I

Posted on November 8, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

[Due to an obnoxiously long word count, I decided to make this a two-parter] When I started this job almost 10 years ago, I was extremely unprepared for mothering. I’d like you talk about my own mother for a moment, … Continue reading →

Posted in anxiety, Attached Dad, Attachment Parenting, career, emotional dysregulation, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, motherhood, personal growth | 1 Comment

Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 8, 2011 by raisingsmartgirls

This is my 9th Mother’s Day. It’s hard to believe I’ve been at this ‘job’ for 9 years already. I have often felt this was the most challenging thing I have ever done. The most challenging thing about my career … Continue reading →

Posted in about the smart girls, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, Intensity, mood, Mother's Day, motherhood | 5 Comments

I forgot how long those meltdowns can last

Posted on June 17, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

It’s been a long time since we had a big one. I knew we might be in trouble when I picked up daughters 1 and 2 from science camp today and daughter number 2 was pouting and huffy. I always … Continue reading →

Posted in Attachment Parenting, emotion coaching, explosive child, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, loss of parental love, motherhood, personal issues | Leave a comment

And there’s that synchronicity thing again.

Posted on May 15, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

After I verbalized my frustrations in the previous two posts, I went to a garage sale yesterday after picking up middle daughter from kindergarten and I found a very interesting book called The Good Enough Child: How to Have an … Continue reading →

Posted in Intensity, motherhood, overexcitabilities, personal growth, personal issues, synchronicity | 6 Comments

And if that weren’t enough…

Posted on May 14, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

Spacemom (who’s on the science operations of a NASA telescope AND a mom of 2) asked me in the comments of this post What ARE your goals in life? How about the next 2 years? Can you reach them? The … Continue reading →

Posted in highly sensitive mom, Intensity, motherhood | 2 Comments

Swinging on my last nerve

Posted on May 14, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

The smart girls have been incredibly obnoxious lately. Or they’ve been their regular selves but I’ve just been more sensitive to it these days. “Mo-o-om! She’s giving me angry faces…” “Mom! She hurt/kicked/scratched/touched me” “Mom! She won’t play with me” … Continue reading →

Posted in highly sensitive mom, Intensity, meltdowns, motherhood, personal issues, spd | 5 Comments

5 years ago today

Posted on April 6, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

My third daughter and last child, E, was born. We were planning on stopping at two children, but as fate would have it, we conceived our youngest on the day my husband was supposed to get a vasectomy, which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Attachment Parenting, explosive child, highly sensitive child, meet the smart girls, motherhood, personal growth, when babies happen | 4 Comments

Research on Attachment Theory and Anxiety Disorders

Posted on January 10, 2010 by raisingsmartgirls

Recently, there’s been some renewed interest in a post from Ph.D. in Parenting’s blog post entitled Dr. Phil Stay-at-home mom vs. working mom show. Normally, I thoroughly enjoy engaging in these kind of debates on other blogs, and rarely (if … Continue reading →

Posted in Attachment Parenting, career, emotion coaching, gifted adults, gifted children, gifted support, highly sensitive child, highly sensitive mom, intellectual stuff, loss of parental love, motherhood, selective mutism, spd | 28 Comments