What is the most obnoxious or even delusional brag you have heard from a parent about her/his child?

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Anonymous wrote:It all evens out by third grade.

That's hilarious. No, it really doesn't.

Yes. That's the point: that's the most obnoxious/delusional thing I've heard parents say.

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Anonymous wrote:It all evens out by third grade.

So does athletic talent. By third grade you can assign kids to teams according to shirt color and it won't make any difference.

i don't think this is true; in fact, i believe it's the opposite. i guess most kids are not talented athletes so they could be assign to any team and make no difference; but the exceptional athletic ones and the truly non-athletic ones will make a huge difference on their team. an athletic third grader is head and shoulders above the rest of the field. that's why most travel sports begin in third grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child's babysitter turned out to be a murderer.

I don't think that was a brag.

No but you can bet that PP is super disturbed about it at the moment.

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Anonymous wrote:GREAT TOPIC!

One mom assured me her 6 year old had read all of the Harry Potter books by herself. My son read Junie B Jones at that age.
One mom told me her nine year old son was writing a book.

I don't think the writing a book one was weird...

Yeah, I don't think the writing a book one was weird at all. Now if he was writing a book on a new wrinkle in quantum physics, then I'd say that was...odd. Or a lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GREAT TOPIC!

One mom assured me her 6 year old had read all of the Harry Potter books by herself. My son read Junie B Jones at that age.
One mom told me her nine year old son was writing a book.

I don't think the writing a book one was weird...

Yeah, I don't think the writing a book one was weird at all. Now if he was writing a book on a new wrinkle in quantum physics, then I'd say that was...odd. Or a lie.

The thread title was delusional/OBNOXIOUS. If you don't find a mom mentioning her 9 year old is writing a book to be obnoxious, then you have a shining future here in DC.

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I have a friend who claims her DC was recognizing letters at 8 months old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GREAT TOPIC!

One mom assured me her 6 year old had read all of the Harry Potter books by herself. My son read Junie B Jones at that age.
One mom told me her nine year old son was writing a book.

I don't think that's too far of a stretch. My DD just turned 5 and has been reading Junie B books for some time now. By the time she's 6, she'll have to progress to something more complicated. She also keeps a "journal" each night about her day.

OH MY GOD. Alert the media.

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I don't know where to start!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GREAT TOPIC!

One mom assured me her 6 year old had read all of the Harry Potter books by herself. My son read Junie B Jones at that age.
One mom told me her nine year old son was writing a book.

I don't think that's too far of a stretch. My DD just turned 5 and has been reading Junie B books for some time now. By the time she's 6, she'll have to progress to something more complicated. She also keeps a "journal" each night about her day.

I'm sure her musings about her wetting accident and her refusal to eat her broccoli at the dinner table are profound.

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Anonymous wrote:It all evens out by third grade.

I think this is true. One of my kids was way, WAY ahead right off the bat, from toilet training to talking in complex sentences. Just super smart. Scored the highest possible score on the WIPSI when 4 yrs. old. Now -- average. Totally average.

(That doesn't qualify as bragging either since now they are "normal.")

could this be because the schools tend not to teach children at their own level? i think sometimes the schools are responsible for a lot of the 'leveling off'.

[Anonymous]

Um, they don't level off. That was the joke.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child is ordinary

lol. Are you inferring that all of the "gifted" children are weird?

No, not at all
There just are no ordinary children so she has to be extra special

[Anonymous]

My toddler can speak 2 languages fluently
She does not speak yet, but she understands. I can see by her eyes

[Anonymous]

I used to teach in a Bethesda public elementary school and let me just say that the amount of intelligence that can be found in the children of this town is staggering. Kids reading Harry Potter at 6 is, while not the majority (again..inappropriate content) it is not unheard of either. Journal writing, book writing, poetry, even composing music...not the majority but very common....even seen in Kindergarten. I've seen 1st graders keep science logs about their favorite animals organized by species. I knew a 2nd grader who was incredibly interested in learning about English kings and battles. I knew 3rd graders who wrote their own comic strips and invented their own strategy games. (these were activities completely unrelated to their schoolwork at the time). The intellectual capacities of the youth of Bethesda reflect their parents success and there is not a small amount of success there.

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Um, they don't level off. That was the joke.

3rd grade teacher here and very often, they do.