Having a gifted or 2e teenager can add a whole new layer of complication to parenting.
Are they being 'typical' teens, or is this existential depression? What is 'normal' for a gifted or 2e teen? How do I homeschool them when they are way beyond me in their academics? Should you let them go to college early? How early? Which college? If your child does not have a formal high school diploma, how can you get them into college? How do homeschooled children perform in advanced educational settings at any age? What if your child does not want to go to college right now? Do they have to go to college to succeed in life, and if not, what are some alternatives? What if they aren't ready to live on their own yet? How do they deal with asynchrony in college and at work? Browse through these articles for more insight into these complicated issues. Take a look here for more related homeschool-to-adulthood resources.
- Advice to My College-Bound, Introverted 18-Year-Old Daughter by Suzanne Paley
- College Admissions for Homeschoolers: Three Inevitable Questions by Lori Dunlap
- New! College Admissions for Homeschoolers: Three More Inevitable Questions by Lori Dunlap
- Considerations in Early College Attendance by Tonya L. Andersen
- Discovering New Paths with Unschool Adventures, by Blake Boles
- Earning Admission: Real Strategies for Getting into Highly Selective Colleges – Review by Lori Dunlap
- Homeschooling Gifted Teens: Preparing for College by Wes Beach
- Implications of "Turning the Tide" for Homeschoolers by Lori Dunlap
- New! Middle College: An Alternative for High Schoolers, by Kitty Van Keulen
- Some Thoughts About College Admissions by Wes Beach
- Top Seven Considerations about College for Younger Children: A Professor's Perspective By Doresa Jennings
- The Value of a Mentor by Stephanie Hood
- 5 Ways Teens Can Make a Difference in the World
- 7 Colleges for Homeschooled, Unschooled and Self-Directed Learners
- 9 {More} Colleges for Homeschooled, Unschooled and Self-Directed Learners
- 10 Steps to Disrupting a College Degree Monopoly by Bernard Bull
- 10 Ways to Help Students Become "Future Ready"
- 15 College Programs for Kids With Learning and Attention Issues
- A Degree of Maturity: 17-year-old Madeline Goodwin is the youngest SOU graduate ever - "Like most students preparing to graduate in a few weeks from Southern Oregon University, Madeline Goodwin is excited to put on her cap and gown and receive her diploma. Unlike most students, Goodwin is only 17 and has never graduated from a school before."
- A Homeschooler Goes to College by Kate Fridkis - "It wasn't the schoolwork or social life that threw me. It's that I never realized how dull a classroom could be."
- A Top College Is Offering Free Online Credit Toward a Degree, by Lori Chandler
- Adolescence and What is Enough by Carl Pickhardt, Ph.D.
- Alternatives for Homeschooling Teens: Self-Direction, Engagement, and Success, by Wes Beach
- An Accelerated Journey, by Lisa Conrad
- An Interview with Madeline Goodwin, by Lisa Conrad
- As Teens Push Away, What Can Parents Do To Support Them?
- Brainstorm: The Power and the Purpose of the Teenaged Brain, an interview with Daniel Siegel on the Diane Rehm Show (see also: The Brainstorm That Changes Teenagers Into Adults)
- Can Homeschoolers Do Well In College? by Lynn O'Shaughnessy
- College Admissions for Homeschoolers by Jonah Sinick
- College counselor: I’m sick of reading about golden kids getting into Harvard. Here’s the story I want to see, by Valerie Strauss
- College Professor Critiques Homeschoolers, by Greg Landry
- College Special-Needs Students Face Choice: Seek Help or Go It Alone?
- Colleges That Admit Homeschoolers FAQ, by Karl M. Bunday
- Coming of Age: Helping Teens Unlock Their Potential, by Lori Dunlap
- New! The Community College/‘Real College’ Divide, by Kristin O'Keefe
- Could Enrolling in College While in High School Be the Secret to More Students Graduating? by Emily Deruy (National Journal)
- Deciphering the Teen Brain and Behavior
- Deep Thinkers and Perfectionists: Getting to Know Your Gifted Teens, by Lisa Rivero
- Disabilities, illnesses mean teachers must adapt
- Economists Say Millennials Should Consider Careers In Trades by Chris Arnold
- Everyday Challenges for Young Adults With Executive Functioning Issues
- Existential Depression in Gifted Individuals, by James T. Webb
- Explaining Depression to My Mother
- Exploring the Duality of the Gifted Teen, by Elizabeth Donovan
- First-Year College Performance: A Study of Home School Graduates and Traditional School Graduates, by Dr. Paul Jones and Dr. Gene Gloeckner
- Four Steps to Choosing Your Major by Nathan Gebhard
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From Homeschooler to College Student: Successfully Transitioning Your Teen to College
- Four Reasons to Quit School and Become a Teenage Homeschooler, by Blake Boles
- Getting In to College Doesn’t Mean Students Are Ready to Go, by Lisa Damour (New York Times)
- Getting ready: What to do NOW if College Comes LATER
- Give High School Students the Same Freedom as College Students
- Good Students Aren't Always Good Scholars
- Grad School: Finally Fitting In, by Madeline Goodwin
- Harnessing the Incredible Learning Potential of the Adolescent Brain
- Help! My Teen Stopped Talking to Me
- Homeschooled Applicants: Helpful Tips is an article on the MIT Admissions site aimed at homeschooled applicants to the university.
- Homeschooled Students Well-Prepared For College, Study Finds.
- Homeschoolers Are Preferred by Colleges and Universities
- How a 16-Year-Old Homeschooler Got Into a Yale Class, an interview by Blake Boles
- How Does Your Giftedness Affect Your Career? by Katharine Brooks, Ed.D.
- How Google and Coursera may upend the traditional college degree, by Stuart M. Butler (Brookings Institute)
- New! How to Address College Alternatives, by Daniel Nichols
- How to Compare College Financial Aid Packages
- How to Help Your Depressed Teenager
- How to Talk to Your Parents About Getting Help
- I Don't Care Where My Children Go To College!
- In a Class by Themselves: A Wave of Homeschoolers at Stanford University
- Independence and Relationship Issues in Intellectually Gifted Adolescents, by Deborah Ruf
- Kayaking Through Life: Supporting Kids with Challenges, by Sarah Wayland of Guiding Exceptional Parent
- Let’s Release Our Youth From the College Anxiety Epidemic, by Dr. Dan Peters
- The Loneliness of Genius
- Meet Kate Fridkiss, Who Skipped K-12 and is Neither Weird nor Homeless
- Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature: Forcing college kids to ignore the liberal arts won't help them in a competitive economy.
- "My Brain is Not Broken... It is Beautiful" by Jules Morgan (Lancet Neurology)
- Myths and Realities of Early College, by Lorel Shea
- No, You Are Not Stupid: Understanding Learning Disabilities from Gurl.com
- The North Star Model: Self Directed Learning for Teens
- The Online College That's Helping Undocumented Students, by Claudio Sanchez, NPR - Dirt cheap university classes!
- Parents' Perspectives on Early College Entrance for Profoundly Gifted Children: Readiness Issues and First College Class Options, by Beth Wright
- New! Phoning Home: Parenting Your College Student When the Glitter Wears Off
- Professional Habits to Develop While in College
- Pursuing Alternative Paths to College Admission by Wes Beach
- Quality time rather than study time improves teens' educational aspirations
- Radical Acceleration: Was It Worth It? by Gwyn Ridenhour, STEAM-Powered Classroom
- Reasonable Accommodations: A Great Way to Improve Your Workplace from the US DOL
- Risks of Boredom through the Adolescent Stages
- Ryan's Early College Experience by Rita Ostrager -- an excellent piece on the issues faced by young college students.
- Scans reveal how teenage brain develops
- Self-Directed Learning is a Key to Access & Opportunity by Bernard Bull
- Seven Ways to Help High Schoolers Find Purpose
- Should We Encourage Our Kids To Start a Business Right After College?
- 14 skills everyone should learn in their 20s
- Straight Talk: Helping Bright Teens Through Tough Times the Davidson Institute for Talent Development compiled suggestions from Jim Delisle, Ph.D., Deborah Ruf, Ph.D., Esther Sinclair, Ph.D., James T. Webb, Ph.D., Nadia Webb, PsyD
- Study charts development of emotional control in teens
- TED-Ed: What's Going on Inside the Teenage Brain? a talk by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
- Ten Elite Schools Where Middle-Class Kids Don't Pay Tuition
- The Letter Your Teenager Can't Write You by Gretchen Schmelzer
- New! The Road to Higher Education With an 'Invisible Disability' by Laura Castaneda
- There’s a new path to Harvard and it’s not in a classroom, by Chris Weller
- There's Value in a Non-Traditional Path to College by Dawn Casey-Rowe
- Tips for Parents: The Real World of Gifted Teens by M. Jacobsen
- To the Parents of High School Seniors
- Universities Welcome Homeschooled Students
- What do students need most? More sleep, by Jessica Lahey
- What does college ready really mean, anyway? by Terry Heick
- What Happens to Students on the Fast Track to College? by Jonathan Wai
- What one college discovered when it stopped accepting SAT/ACT scores by Valerie Strauss (Washington Post)
- What Were You Thinking?! – Understanding the Neurobiology of the Teen Brain by Marisa M. Silveri Ph.D.
- New! When 16-Year-Olds Go to College, by Ruth Hammond (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Why Our Brightest Teens May Begin Opting Out of High School, by Benjamin Hardy
- Why Parents of Teens Need to Stop Talking and Start Listening
- Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains
Video Channel:
- How to Adult An edutainment channel dedicated to teaching everything you need to know as an adult that school never taught you.
Books:
- Forging Paths: Beyond Traditional Schooling, by Wes Beach
- Making the Choice: When Typical School Doesn't Fit Your Atypical Child, by Corin Goodwin and Mika Gustavson, MFT
- New! Self-Directed Learning: Documentation and Life Stories, by Wes Beach
- College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College, by Blake Boles
- The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (Almost) Anything, by Judy Galbraith and Jim Deslisle
- Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook: Preparing 12- to 18-Year-Olds for Success in the College of Their Choice, by Cafi Cohen
- Homeschooling: The Teen Years, by Cafi Cohen
- Living Independently on the Autism Spectrum: What You Need to Know to Move into a Place of Your Own, Succeed at Work, Start a Relationship, Stay Safe, and Enjoy Life as an Adult on the Autism Spectrum, by Lynne Soraya
- A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens: Living with Intense and Creative Adolescents, by Lisa Rivero
- Quiet Kids: Helping Your Introverted Child Succeed in an Extroverted World, by Christine Fonseca
- Searching for Meaning: Idealism, Bright Minds, Disillusionment and Hope, by James T. Webb
- Smart Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity: How to get more out of life and learning, by Lisa Rivero
- Succeeding as a Student in the STEM Fields with an Invisible Disability, by Christy Oslund
- Supporting College and University Students with Invisible Disabilities, by Christy Oslund
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