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HendrixFan · Nov 20, 2006

"too"

GhettoFob · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: HendrixFan
"too"

Corporate Thug · Nov 20, 2006

i really wouldnt worry about a child being too smart. Nurture the gift instead of worrying.

MazerRackham · Nov 20, 2006

LOL, it's "too". Ask her to write it for you!

Brackis · Nov 20, 2006

Let your child develop their gifts. It is their life to live with the skills you nurture in them from a young age. To deny your child their god given talents is something I could not sleep with if I was you.

KK · Nov 20, 2006

You sure that kid is yours?

lyssword · Nov 20, 2006

So, to sum it up, you want to restrict as to what she can do at that age?

Balt · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: KK
You sure that kid is yours?

:laugh:

lyssword · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: KK
You sure that kid is yours?

Cuhulainn · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: Brackis
Let your child develop their gifts. It is their life to live with the skills you nurture in them from a young age. To deny your child their god given talents is something I could not sleep with if I was you.

Amen to that. No such thing as "to" smart.

hiredgoons · Nov 20, 2006

If you'd try to hold back a potentially gifted child over worries that she might become a "geek", I'd suggest you give her up for adoption.

IamDavid · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: Brackis
Let your child develop their gifts. It is their life to live with the skills you nurture in them from a young age. To deny your child their god given talents is something I could not sleep with if I was you.

It's scary though. I have seen so many horror stories about excessively "smart" children.. And I live in a small town where she will never be challenged..

BTW: Ignore my grammer/spelling please, I'm nothing like my child.

IamDavid · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: hiredgoons
If you'd try to hold back a potentially gifted child over worries that she might become a "geek", I'd suggest you give her up for adoption.

I'm not saying I want to hold her back, I just don't want her "gift" to destroy her.. Maybe she isn't even that advanced, I might just be reading to much into it... I have 2 other children, a 6yr. old and a 3.. The 6yr. old is in 1st. grade now and gets straight A's.. My yongest is way further along then she was, even at 3..

Brackis · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: IamDavid

Originally posted by: Brackis
Let your child develop their gifts. It is their life to live with the skills you nurture in them from a young age. To deny your child their god given talents is something I could not sleep with if I was you.

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It's scary though. I have seen so many horror stories about excessively "smart" children.. And I live in a small town where she will never be challenged..

BTW: Ignore my grammer/spelling please, I'm nothing like my child.

There are magnet schools in many states for gifted children.
For every horror story there are going to be many stories of miraculous triumph. The key is to cultivate her potential and then utilize her amazing talents for a specific direction/passion/interest she has. I was, for example, three years ahead in mathematics and could solve multivariable algebra problems in the 3rd grade. Did I become a super math nerd? No, I actually hate math now and am more interested in public policy and community service, but was able to appreciate that I have god given abilities and responsibilities to put them to use as a productive member of society.

montypythizzle · Nov 20, 2006

well better start her out with grammar books

yhelothar · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: IamDavid

Originally posted by: hiredgoons
If you'd try to hold back a potentially gifted child over worries that she might become a "geek", I'd suggest you give her up for adoption.

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I'm not saying I want to hold her back, I just don't want her "gift" to destroy her.. Maybe she isn't even that advanced, I might just be reading to much into it... I have 2 other children, a 6yr. old and a 3.. The 6yr. old is in 1st. grade now and gets straight A's.. My yongest is way further along then she was, even at 3..

The only thing that will destroy her is if you keep her from doing what she really wants to do.

iamaelephant · Nov 20, 2006

Too smart for you maybe....

EvilYoda · Nov 20, 2006

Maybe you've given birth to the next evolution of man...that, or your wife brought some good genes to the table. If your children are intelligent, there is nothing you can do to "prevent" that, so why not nourish it while encouraging the development of the other aspects of life.

I can only hope that my children are geniuses...I honestly don't know how it would be having an average child. Granted, it's much too early to worry about that.

IamDavid · Nov 20, 2006

Brackis. I am glad your experiences have been positive. I hope I can help her along like you were but like I said, I live in a small toen in Arkansas. Arkansas prides itself on being the most "backwards" state in the union.. Only Miss. can challenge us. Guess we'd have to move..

Brackis · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: IamDavid
Brackis. I am glad your experiences have been positive. I hope I can help her along like you were but like I said, I live in a small toen in Arkansas. Arkansas prides itself on being the most "backwards" state in the union.. Only Miss. can challenge us. Guess we'd have to move..

You could also consider http://EPGY.stanford.edu

I got a lot of emails from them about enrolling in HS for some college courses after I aced the Calculus Advanced Placement exam.

Mo0o · Nov 20, 2006

you're really overusing those quotation marks.

AccruedExpenditure · Nov 20, 2006

Tagged for merciless pwenage of the year. lol.

HendrixFan · Nov 20, 2006

In all seriousness, as others have stated, you should do your best to encourage her intellectual growth. From what I have read, IQ isn't too strongly tied to genetics. A person of any intelligence level is nearly as likely as another to have a child of exceptional intelligence. If you do indeed have an abnormally smart child on your hands, dont hold her back, but also dont push her too far.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Sidis

Follow up on this if you want, but it does show how being pushed too far can work to discourage someone from realizing their intellectual potential. I think this point is not often enough taken into account.

Brackis · Nov 20, 2006

Originally posted by: HendrixFan
In all seriousness, as others have stated, you should do your best to encourage her intellectual growth. From what I have read, IQ isn't too strongly tied to genetics. A person of any intelligence level is nearly as likely as another to have a child of exceptional intelligence. If you do indeed have an abnormally smart child on your hands, dont hold her back, but also dont push her too far.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Sidis

Follow up on this if you want, but it does show how being pushed too far can work to discourage someone from realizing their intellectual potential. I think this point is not often enough taken into account.

But in its own right, this was a miraculous contribution to society.

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