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Embracing Play for Teens | Growth and Resilience

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May 1, 2024

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Want to raise your kids to love learning? To become lifelong learners -- children who know that they can find the answers to anything they're curious about? This podcast is all about learning, exploring passions, cultivating creativity, and encouraging our kids to be fascinated by the world around them. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, and join Colleen Kessler to see how others help inspire kids to view their world with play and passion and fascination.

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RLL #160: Anxiety and Learning: This episode continues our series, all about managing anxiety in gifted and twice exceptional children. Today, Colleen discusses the reality of learning when a child is anxious and how we can help. The Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast is... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #162: Motivating Your High Schooler - My Best Homeschool Tips: It can feel overwhelming when we think about homeschooling teens through the high school years, but it doesn't have to be! In this episode, Colleen shares her best advice and tips to help your high schooler stay motivated through the teen years. The... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #188: Create a Custom Homeschool: In today's episodes of the Raising Lifelong Learners podcast, Colleen talks about what to do if they homeschool opportunities your kiddos need just don't exist - or at least don't exist in your local area. She shares tons of tips for creating what it... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #175: Interest-Led Learning For High School: This is the second episode in a two part series, all about the ages and stages of interest-led learning. Join Colleen as she shares practical examples and encouragement for homeschooling high school using an interest-led approach. The Raising... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #177 - The Social Emotional Needs Of Neurodiverse Children: The social and emotional needs of gifted and twice exceptional children are a common concern for parents. How do we help strengthen and support our neurodiverse children as they navigate social development and emotional regulation? Colleen is here to... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #179: Gratitude For The Holidays - Why It Is So Helpful For Our Kids by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #186: Should I Accelerate My Profoundly Gifted Child?: Parents of gifted learners - especially profoundly gifted children - often struggle to balance the educational acceleration of their children with their emotional development. What are current best practices for academic acceleration of exceptionally... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #185: Help! My Neurodivergent Kid Needs So Much Help I Worry His Neurotypical Siblings are Neglected!: Do you find yourself spending lots of extra time supporting the social and emotional needs of your gifted, twice-exceptional, or otherwise neurodiverse kiddo and worry that your other kids are being neglected? Has the additional care and attention... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #161: Practical Strategies For Helping Anxious Kids: Colleen concludes this series all about children with anxiety with a practical and honest discussion of stragtegies we can use to help our anxious kids. The Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast is brought to you by CTCMath. Find out more at . by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #173: Helping Your Child Find Their Interests: How do we help our kids find their interests? What can we do to foster them and then what happens if our kids change interests? These are all good questions and worth exploring as we move into a more relaxed, eclectic, interest led, child driven... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #172: The Pros And Cons Of Homeschool Charter Schools: Does your state offer charter school options for homeschoolers? Have you been wondering if a charter might be a good option for your family? I am joined in this episode by Shawna Wingert. She shares her own experience with a homeschool charter and... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #163: How do we let go of our older children and give them the space they need?: Colleen tackles another listener question - "How do we let go of our older children and give them the space they need?" The Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast is brought to you by CTCMath. Find out more at . by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #184: What to Do When You Doubt Your Choice to Homeschool: Today on the podcast Colleen is addressing a question that came from one listener, but it could just as well have come from any number of moms she's talked to - in her private consulting as well as in the community. What if I'm not cut out for this?... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL# 189: Parenting in the Moment with Your Child: It isn't easy being a mom of differently wired kiddos and being fully present while still juggling all of the other responsibilities of adult life as well as homeschooling! In today's podcast episode Colleen shares some more detailed strategies for... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #183: How to Recover from a Bad Homeschool Day: If you are feeling like a homeschool failure, if you've hit the winter doldrums slump of the school year and wondering if you're ruining your children, Colleen has just the message you need to hear. She shares a cringe-worthy disaster that happened in... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL#174: Interest-Led Learning In The Early Years: This is the first episode in a two part series, all about the ages and stages of interest-led learning. Join Colleen as she shares practical examples and encouragement for child directed learning, beginning in the preschool years. The Raising... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #159: Physical, Emotional, and Behavioral Symptoms Of Anxiety: In this episode of the Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast, Colleen continues a new series, all about anxiety and our atypical kids. This discussion includes information about the physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms of anxiety in our children... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #180: My Biggest Homeschool Regret (and my Greatest Victory): We are kicking off the new year with two questions I am asked all the time. #1 - What is my biggest homeschool regret? and #2 - What is my greatest homeschool victory? The Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast is brought to you by CTCMath. Find out... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #191 - Celebrating Your Child's Neurodiversity: On last week's podcast, Colleen talked about some of the unique challenges and also unique strengths of homeschooling neurodiverse and twice exceptional kids. This week, Colleen explores specifically why it's so important that we as parents embrace,... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #176: Homeschooling High School: Transcripts, Mom-Guilt, And Finishing Strong: Homeschooling high school can seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be! In this episode, Colleen discusses practical tips and tricks for creating transcripts, managing the worry and guilt as well as strategies to help you and your child finish... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #181: Getting Back Into A Routine In The New Year: The transition from the relaxed, anything goes nature of a holiday break to some sort of regular homeschooling routine can be real challenge each year. In today's episode, Colleen shares the reality of helping neurodiverse kids transition back to... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL# 190: Homeschooling Your Neurodiverse Kid: There are many challenges to homeschooling neurodiverse kids. Colleen can tell you you're not alone if you're bumping up against some of those challenges. But, surprisingly, sometimes the things that make homeschooling your gifted and... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #187: Knowing if Your Child is Gifted: In today's podcast episode, Colleen talks about the characteristics of gifted children. Even though they are not all the same, there are lots of common traits that can help you to recognize if your high achievers may actually be gifted. She also... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #206: Guide Your Kids on the path to Self-Discovery: Self-discovery is a powerful tool we can use and harness to help our kids feel good about themselves and be successful and to help all of us in the family thrive in our atypical, differently-wired homeschool. Colleen will be sharing ways we can guide... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #182: When One Child Has A Diagnosis And Their Siblings Are All Neurotypical: This episode is based on a listerner's questions and concerns about having one child newly diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, dyslexia and dysgraphia while the rest of her siblings are neurotypical. Colleen responds with real life examples, support and... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #199 - Managing Perfectionism | Strategies for Parents: Children who struggle with perfectionism have unrealistic standards for themselves or others. They believe that they must be perfect to be valuable and worthy of love. This can result in negative self-talk, fear of failure, relationship challenges,... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #178: Intense Children And The Holidays: For intense children, the holidays can be a difficult season. In today's episode, Colleen shares how to help your intense kids during the holidays, including tips for navigating the chaos and overstimulation that comes with the holiday season, so that... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #196: Building Self-Esteem in Kids: Why is self-esteem important and how does it impact your child's learning and personal growth? On today's podcast episode Colleen talks about seven important steps you can take to build your kids' self-esteem and what role family members and peer... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #198 - Finding Homeschool Balance: Whether you're new to this homeschool journey or you're a long-time homeschooling parent, finding balance among all the different and competing responsibilities on your plate is a difficult and often overwhelming challenge. Today, Colleen shares the... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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RLL #194 - Motivating Your Struggling Learner: In today's podcast episode, Colleen walks you through several factors that might contribute to your child's lack of motivation (or apparent lack of motivation) what you can do to identify the obstacles, and how you can build a supportive environment... by Raising Lifelong Learners
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