Managing the Momentous Meltdowns of Children with High Learning Potential
From the Archive This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2013 print edition of Focus on Potential You are in the supermarket doing your weekly [...]
Living with Teenagers by Joy Morgan
Teenagers often get a bad press, yet we were all teenagers once. How many of us can honestly say that we were delightful to our parents, [...]
Parenting Perfectionism
Perfectionism and high learning potential can, unfortunately, be an alarmingly snug fit. Up and down the land, parents of children with high learning potential will attest [...]
Looking after your Mental Health in 2020 by Neera Dhingra, Parliament Hill School
Looking after our mental health, and the mental health of those around us, is more important than ever in 2020, as we live through tricky times [...]
Home Education – May 2020 – by Michael Speranza
Michael is running a vPlus Parent Workshop on Home Education on Wednesday 27th May 8-9pm. “The best place for youngsters to learn is in school.”  That, [...]
Flexi-Cat Diaries: An Accidentally All-The-Rage Special
When Flexi Schooling became Mainstream…Maybe…? Slightly Mad Mummy - In Slightly More Serious Mode! It goes entirely without saying that it has been, and still is, [...]
Coping in the Covid Classroom
In these unprecedented times, convention is going out of the window quicker than you can say defenestration. One of those conventions is school. This is an [...]
High Learning Potential Parenting: “Can’t Cope?” – Try Nurturing A Growth Mindset
We all sometimes wail “I CAN’T cope!”, “I am at the END of my patience!”, or “I AM A FAILURE in the face of a child [...]
HLP Parenting: Letting Your Guilt Go
While your child with high learning potential (HLP) often gives you the impression that they can never squeeze enough out of their day, you sometimes feel [...]
HLP Parenting: Sleep Deprivation in Parents
A high proportion of High Learning Potential (HLP) children experience unusual sleep patterns. These can include insomnia, active dreams, sleep talking, sleep walking, frequent waking or [...]