Who on here believes his/her child is truly gifted?

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Anonymous wrote:Speaks four languages at age 12. Publishes in MS, HS. Leading violinist at 10. But those are prodigies. There is a difference betwen prodigy and gifted. Some gifted kids know better than to stand out that much --they are too smart for that!

I think many of the naysayers are confusing prodigies for gifted.

In my opinion, there are savants, geniuses and prodigies on one level, then gifted, then exceptionally bright, followed by smart.

I am sure that many of those posting that they have a gifted child would agree that gifted is not on the same level with the first three, but very much more advanced than the exceptionally bright and smart kids.

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Anonymous wrote:DC was tested using the WPSSI-III at 3y4m and scored in the 60th percentile.

Both DH and I were in the gifted programs in school and did very well. There is a streak of genius on my side coupled with ADD and mental illness. FIL was profoundly gifted and went to university at 14.

Giftedness was not even on our radar until DC started speaking like an adult near 18 months, reading and adding at 2.5--shocking everyone. DC reads chapter books comfortably now at four (for fun, not forced), and can skip count any number (6, 12, 18...72.) Just figured it out--manipulates numbers better mentally than I do--taught me a few tricks. No concept is ever too abstract...

Even with a test score that says average I believe pretty close to gifted, possibly 2e, because of genetics and performance.

I had a friend like that. The best thing she ever said to me was "...no point in talking about it. No one believes you and they get mad!" Yes, her children are gifted by any measure.

I think a four-year-old who does not even enter kindergarten for another 1.5 years but is already reading chapter books and doing math like this is definitely advanced. That is the definition of advanced.

Uh...why are you testing your poor 3 year old? I can tell you that other kids do what your is doing. Your is advanced, no question. But not my definition of gifted...not off the charts. Not unsurpassed by others. It isn't that no one believe you if you said these things...it's that no one would want to hear it.

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When I said agreed, I was replying to poster who said the child is gifted.

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Uh...why are you testing your poor 3 year old? I can tell you that other kids do what your is doing. Your is advanced, no question. But not my definition of gifted...not off the charts. Not unsurpassed by others. It isn't that no one believe you if you said these things...it's that no one would want to hear it.

This is the private school forum so it shouldn't be shocking that a kid took a WPPSI. It's perfectly normal to test a kid that age for pre-k applications.

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This isn't the private school forum.

[Anonymous]

Ruf's levels of gifted ness was interesting and helped me see where my kid was in comparison to others.

http://www.talentigniter.com/ruf-estimates

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In our case, DC is the fourth generation in a family that is gifted in math (engineers, inventors, professors) and has a facility with numbers that already stands out in a group of very smart and talented 4 year old peers. (I say fourth generation because those are the people whose professions built on their math talents, prior to that they didn't have options to pursue higher education or own businesses.)

Thanks, PP. Because of you and your 4 year old genius I just spit water all over my screen

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Anonymous wrote:Ruf's levels of gifted ness was interesting and helped me see where my kid was in comparison to others.

http://www.talentigniter.com/ruf-estimates

This is very helpful and makes sense! Thanks for posting!

[Anonymous]

Two are in aap. One is in first grade.

The eldest is well behaved and type A. Gets good grades in MS. Not gifted, just driven.

The second is a genius. Goes off on tangents and tries to understand the world in the oddest of ways. Blows me away, but can't remember where his shoes are and is amazed that it's still January.

The third will probably get in aap because he's a well spoken boy who likes history, tests well, and is liked by teachers. Is that fair? probably not, but the alternative is to have them suffer the stigma of being the brainy geek in gen ed.

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My kid is a level four with a few aspects of level five. She's no Little Man Tate, but she's always been the smartest kid in her grade, has trouble communicating effectively with kids her own age because she doesn't get that they don't get it, and all of her real friends are several years older. She's lonely. It's not great.

We were relieved when she tested well, because it meant that teachers stopped being complete assholes about a) insisting that she wasn't doing her own work and was lying, and b) forcing her to do the same work over and over until she wanted to put her eyes out with a pencil.

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I think it is amazing that the parent of every gifted child in the world responded to this post. Wow!

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Mine are level three by this scale. Find AAP pretty easy (little homework for an A). Ivy parents. Gifted children exist, and especially around here. Why is that so hard to believe? They are a bit lonely, and very bored in ES -- too much extra time in school.

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I'm of the belief that truly gifted children aren't bored in school.

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Seems to me the reason this is a loaded topic is that the definition of "gifted" is so vague. Does it mean that my kid can score 130 or 145 or whatever cut-off you want to set on some test? Does it mean I think my kid is quicker witted than most other kids I meet? Does it mean I think my kid is smarter than I was at that age? Some other measure?

I'm pretty sure my oldest is smarter than most other kids her age I've met. She also scored high on a couple of those tests. She's definitely smarter than I was at that age. But "gifted"? I can't say for sure because I don't know what that means.

[Anonymous]

Aha: http://www.joannejacobs.com/2010/02/gifted-at-4-ordinary-at-17/