http://highability.org/84/adult-genius-unexceptional-kid/ Personal aspects of advanced potential Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:58:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://highability.org/84/adult-genius-unexceptional-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-36 V.T. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:55:49 +0000 http://highability.org/adult-genius-unexceptional-kid/#comment-36 Very interesting to learn that Mozart had a pushy father! I always wonder about these type of children, if they are who they are simply because they had super-pushy stage parents. I've always found it kind of sad, that we have amazing gymnasts or whatnot because they've been doing grueling work since the age of 3, and never had any time to play. That said.... when I had my own son I stayed far away from all of the "baby einstein" type products. Bought no electronic learning toys, nor let him even watch TV. My son was going to have a carefree playful childhood. Yet...he had this innate drive to learn...it was a little scary. He was reading at 3 and a half. He found my calculator at age 4 and taught himself multiplication tables. Now a kindergartner, he has a voractious appetite for anything academic. Wants to be a scientist so he can figure out how to do things no one knows about yet. So interesting. Very interesting to learn that Mozart had a pushy father! I always wonder about these type of children, if they are who they are simply because they had super-pushy stage parents. I’ve always found it kind of sad, that we have amazing gymnasts or whatnot because they’ve been doing grueling work since the age of 3, and never had any time to play. That said…. when I had my own son I stayed far away from all of the “baby einstein” type products. Bought no electronic learning toys, nor let him even watch TV. My son was going to have a carefree playful childhood. Yet…he had this innate drive to learn…it was a little scary. He was reading at 3 and a half. He found my calculator at age 4 and taught himself multiplication tables. Now a kindergartner, he has a voractious appetite for anything academic. Wants to be a scientist so he can figure out how to do things no one knows about yet. So interesting.

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