Do you believe a parent can label her own child as a prodigy?

[Anonymous]

Not with testing or outside information or proof to back it up. Just a parent’s assessment?

[Anonymous]

Idk but I wouldn't believe it, coming from a parent. I can make that assessment on my own if the child is a true prodigy.

[Anonymous]

Maybe.

[Anonymous]

They can- whether or not it means anything is another story. I would not, but I wouldn’t care if someone else did. I can’t see it having any effect on my life at all.

[Anonymous]

No, a prodigy is a quantifiable label, not just something a parent can decide that their kid is.

[Anonymous]

Well if they are playing the violin at Carnegie hall at 12 I think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well if they are playing the violin at Carnegie hall at 12 I think so.

There are kids as young as 6 playing violin at Carnegie Hall and a lot of them have gone there with their music schools, having PAID to perform on that stage. So that is no longer a measure of prodigy, sadly.

[Anonymous]

Or qualified for the USAMO in 6th grade or earlier (Luke Robitaiile)!

[Anonymous]

In music, yes. Academics, no.

[Anonymous]

According to Wikipedia:

A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain at the level of an adult expert. The term is also applied more broadly to young people who are extraordinarily talented in some field. Wikipedia

[Anonymous]

Some yes, most no.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I think it's a false positive for 98% of people that may think their kid is a prodigy, genius, or gifted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well if they are playing the violin at Carnegie hall at 12 I think so.

There are kids as young as 6 playing violin at Carnegie Hall and a lot of them have gone there with their music schools, having PAID to perform on that stage. So that is no longer a measure of prodigy, sadly.

That’s what I thought; my tween nephew who lives in a different state plays an instrument there at least once per year, except they are LMC. He is in a music school I think. How does it work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to Wikipedia:

A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain at the level of an adult expert. The term is also applied more broadly to young people who are extraordinarily talented in some field. Wikipedia

This.

If the kid had met this definition, then yes the parnt can say that. If it's because her 9 month old said a fee words, or her toddler plays twinkle twinkle on the piano, then no. It's all contextual

[Anonymous]

Of course they can. It makes sense for third parties to wonder if they are biased so you'd take a label like that with a grain of salt but if a child is a true prodigy, I imagine their parents are aware of it.