Too Much and Not Enough & Raising the Twice-Exceptional Child

What do you do when your child is both exceptionally capable and genuinely struggling?

Twice-exceptional children can be difficult to understand because their strengths and challenges exist at the same time. A child can think years beyond their age and still struggle with executive functioning. They can be intensely curious yet unable to tolerate an ordinary classroom. They can understand complex ideas while becoming overwhelmed by everyday expectations.

And somewhere in the middle is a parent trying to understand what their child actually needs.

Too Much and Not Enough & Raising the Twice-Exceptional Child brings together two complete books about raising a gifted child with ADHD, written from two different but deeply connected perspectives.

Too Much and Not Enough is a collection of 50 personal essays about the lived experience of raising a twice-exceptional child. It explores the school phone calls, assessments, self-doubt, emotional intensity, the decision to leave traditional school, homeschooling, asynchronous development, socialization, screens, sleep, boredom, movement, fairness, giftedness, and the complicated work of learning to see your child clearly.

Raising the Twice-Exceptional Child: The Complete Parent Handbook turns that lived experience into practical support for families navigating the 2e world.

Inside, you will explore:

• Understanding the twice-exceptional profile
• Giftedness, ADHD, masking, and asynchronous development
• Common mistakes parents and schools make with 2e children
• Assessment, identification, and understanding your child's needs
• Preparing for and navigating school meetings
• Executive functioning and everyday life
• Motivation, regulation, and difficult moments
• Deciding whether traditional school is still working
• Building a homeschool approach around the individual child
• Supporting friendships and social development
• Parenting through adolescence
• Parent burnout and caring for yourself
• Books, communities, and resources for 2e families
• Practical forms and tools you can return to as your child grows

This is not a clinical textbook, and it does not pretend that every twice-exceptional child needs the same solution. It is the perspective of a mother who spent years observing, researching, documenting, advocating, questioning, and eventually building a different educational life for her profoundly gifted son with ADHD.

One book says, "I understand what this feels like."
The other asks, "What can we do next?"

Read the essays when you need recognition. Turn to the handbook when you need direction.

For parents raising gifted, twice-exceptional, ADHD, neurodivergent, or asynchronous children who have ever wondered why the usual parenting and educational advice does not quite fit.