Signs of genius or extremely bright toddler - NOT a "humble brag" as I am not related to the child!

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FWIW I didn't talk until I was 3 and read around the same time. I went to Harvard. Wait and see. Kid doesn't seem especially bright.

around the same age, our teacher neighbor thought I was mentally handicapped. Turned out otherwise. She told us this when I graduated valedictorian of my high school and college.

[Anonymous]

Sorry OP but al of that sounds pretty normal to me.

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Anonymous wrote:This might be THE MOST DCUM thread I've ever read. Not indicting you, OP--it's most of the PPs.

"Eh, sounds typical to me." (Not really.)

"140 IQ means reading at age 2 and sentences at 12 months." (This is such BS I don't even know where to start.)

"I could read at 18 months." (Yes, and my 6-month-old can walk and speak three languages fluently. I'm just an anonymous internet person, so you can't prove he can't!)

PP here-I don't know what your 6 month old can do and I don't really care, but I did read at 18 months and then went on to go to the first half of first grade and the second half of second grade in one year. What no one realized was that my math skills weren't as advanced as my reading skills, so life got hard as time went on. But in the end it reallty made no difference, so I'm not sure why you'd accuse me of lying about it.

LOL liar.

LOL jealous bitch.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry OP but al of that sounds pretty normal to me.

Really? In what world? Neither My 18 month old toddler nor any of the toddlers in his class speak in full phrases, nor can count nor can recite the alphabet.

Stop being so bitter and ugly, PP. You are embarrassing yourself.

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God, some of your posters are so ugly. What made you so bitter and ugly? Of course, the child sounds very bright!!!

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Anonymous wrote:OP do you have a background in early child development? If so, you should know that hitting developmental milestones early is not indicative of intelligence. Plenty of kids talk later and turn out to be quite bright.[/quote

+1 exactly -anecdotally, one of the smartest people I know didn't say a word until 27 months, and my brother , who was an early talker had learning difficulties later on.. I write this because there is seems to be no correlation.

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OP- she sounds smart or maybe precocious at this point in her development. My toddler is older and doesn't speak in sentences at all. However, there is no way of knowing if she is gifted. Being gifted is rare- she sounds like a bright girl but lots of non talking toddlers are also bright kids too- they may have very sharp receptive language skills or great fine/gross motor skills. We are all intelligent in a certain area I believe. I don't want to burst your bubble but I have known children who walked very early (8 months) and are not athletic at all and children who have talked extremely late who have amazing language skills later on. We all develop at a different rate- that's what makes us interesting !!

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Anonymous wrote:The child seems bright but nothing really so much off the charts.

Agree

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Just do what any loving caretaker does to encourage her in her development . I'd focus on imaginative play too. I read something recently on the power of play in childhood development over pounding various skills into their heads. There is lots of time for drilling kids in various skills.there is perhaps more limited time for fun and exploration.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if the child is a genius or not, but honestly, it doesn't matter because it shouldn't and wouldn't change what you should be doing with the child. Yes, you should read books and provide lots of wonderful, enriching experiences - just like you should do for an "average" kid.

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People who say this kid sounds average are ducking out of their minds. I don't really know where the line between gifted and bright is, but this kid sounds likely to be fucking smart for lack of a better description. People constantly gushed about how verbally advanced my now 2.5 was/is and she didn't start speaking in sentences until several months after this kid. OP don't let this thread get you down. It's likely this kid won't end up as a genius (so few people do), but I'd bet they end up very bright (at worst) and you should absolutely encourage them along.

[Anonymous]

I think this thread is more likely to bring down parents of toddlers this age who are not doing these things....if this is "normal" then what does that make our kids? This stuff is admittedly impressive for that age- but it has little meaning long-term because kids develop at different rates.

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My son was speaking in full sentences by 18mo, had a very large vocabulary for his age, and was able to count. He didn't know the alphabet (but I also didn't try to teach it to him), but did know most of his colors - and knew all his colors by 22 months.

Now he's in 2nd grade, and is academically advanced, but is not a "genius".

OP, the kid is probably bright, just nurture her curiosity and see what happens.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the kid definitely sounds advanced and extremely bright. I was impressed by her understanding that two was more than one and at her empathy for her nanny having a turn (theory of mind very early). Both are more indicative of a very bright and advanced toddler.

Keep reading to her and playing with her. Use larger words and more complex sentence structure than you normally would with a 1.5 year old - don't hold back.

And I disagree with the other posters - she could well be a genius (extremely high IQ) but that won't be known for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the kid definitely sounds advanced and extremely bright. I was impressed by her understanding that two was more than one and at her empathy for her nanny having a turn (theory of mind very early). Both are more indicative of a very bright and advanced toddler.

Keep reading to her and playing with her. Use larger words and more complex sentence structure than you normally would with a 1.5 year old - don't hold back.

And I disagree with the other posters - she could well be a genius (extremely high IQ) but that won't be known for years.

that's not theory of mind.