Parents of gifted children meet roughly once a month to discuss a specific book or article that is of interest to the group.  Come to all the discussions, or come to only those that specifically pertain to you.  Read the book in depth, skim it, or take a look at the cover on Amazon before your run out the door!  The objective is to use the book to frame the discussion with other parents who face the same kinds of parenting challenges you do! 

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Interested in having a book group in your area or at a time more convenient for you?  Let's start one up!  Contact your regional coordinator, or Newenka with your ideas and suggestions.  

CGCC Westmont Daytime Parenting Book Discussion

Generally meeting the first Wednesday of the month at the Commons in Westmont.
Currently meeting virtually.

Registration is requested

September 4, 2019: The Curse of Genius link 

October 2, 2019: Smart but Scattered     

November 6, 2019: Unwritten Rules: Real Strategies to Parent Your Child Into a Successful Adult  

December 4, 2018: The New Childhood: Raising Kids to Thrive in a Connect World by Jordan Shapiro.

January 8, 2020 : "Phew, We Survived Winter Break!" The book group gets together for an information discussion, no book for this session, but maybe some breakfast!  

February 12, 2020 (date changed, originally scheduled for February 5): How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk OR How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk

March 4, 2020: Raising and living with gifted kids

April 8, 2020: Movie Month!!!  Captain Fantastic

May 6, 2020: Finding Good Mentoring Relationships for your kids

June 3, 2020: Differently Wired  by Deborah Reber

July - Break 

August 5, 2020: Out of Sync by Stephanie Tolan

October 7, 2020: Understanding Your Gifted Child From the Inside Out by Jim Delisle

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November 4, 2020: Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman

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December 2. 2020:  The Gifted School: A Novel by Bruce Holsinger

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January 6, 2021: "Phew, We Survived the Holidays" Coffee! No book, because who has time to read over the holidays?  

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February 3, 2021: The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for  Liberating Everyday Genius by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen 

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CGCC Book Club and Virtual Coffee

Join hosts Violeta Balan, a CGCC parent, along with Katherine Peterson, a SENG Model Parent Group Facilitator and CGCC professional member, in an online book club conversation created to support your journey as parents of gifted children. Meets bi-weekly on Thursday mornings from 9:00 am - 10:00 am.

If you are interested in this type of event but the day or time does not work for you, please contact us your day/time preferences.

At past meetings, in 2020, we have discussed "Giftedness 101" by Linda Silverman, "The Highly Sensitive Child" by Elaine Aron,  "The Strong, Sensitive Boy" by Ted Zeff, "Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted:  30 essays on Giftedness, 30 Years of SENG" by various SENG Authors and Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults by Susan Daniels and Michael M. Piechowski (editors).  Depending on the book and the preference of the group, we have discussed one book for multiple meetings and sometimes we have also had just a social hour. 

In 2021,  we will start our discussion with the topic of Mindfulness and we will be reading  Planting Seeds of Mindfulness: Creating the Conditions to Help Gifted Kids to Flourish and Bloom Intellectually, Emotionally, and Spiritually by Michele Kane & Dorothy A. Sisk. 

January 28, 2021: Mindfulness

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 February 11, 2021: Mindfulness 

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