Dona Matthews, PhD, has worked with children, families, and schools since 99 , and is currently in private practice in Toronto, Canada. She was executive director, Millennium Dialogue on Early Child Development, University of Toronto, and founding director, Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies and Education, City University of New York. She has published widely on child and adolescent development, education, and supporting special needs. She frequently shares with parents ways to practice love and respect during each phase of their child amp rsquo s development, learning and growing alongside their children. Follow Dr. Matthews at her Psychology Today blog, amp ldquo Going Beyond Intelligence. amp rdquo