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How did you know your child was gifted?
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Anonymous
| Google "gifted traits" and you will find a lot of lists for things to look for - I think this is a good place to start. |
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Anonymous
| Out of curiosity, would 2 GT parents tend to have a GT kid? Both DH and I were GT growing up (IQ's 136 and 147), and we can already tell our 19-mo-old is smart, but it'll be interesting to see if she turns out to be GT too. I don't really care either way, but I'm not sure how the genetics work. |
Anonymous
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A great place to start learning about gifted kids is : http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
I found the page related to identification very helpful. After reading this page I strongly suspected my son was gifted, and subsequent testing confirmed this: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/identification.htm |
Anonymous
| my K daughter has an IQ of 142 but will pick her nose with the best of 'em |
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Anonymous
No easy answer to this one, although genetics do seem to play a partial role. I highly recommend Po Bronson's book "NutureShock". There are a few interesting chapters on giftedness. |
Anonymous
| I thought my child was gifted because when she was 3, she can converse in both English and Chinese, could read more than 30 chinese characters and know all her letters, counting in english and chinese, loves puzzles, never tired, need very little sleep, full of questions, can retell story from Chinese to English, extremely strong will and stubborn, has excellent memories and very sensitive. She took the WPSII test for private school aplications, test scores was good (superior range), but not exceptional (92%). So now I guess she is just bright but not necessarily brilliant. Now I also understand why every parent think that their kids are gifted ... |
Anonymous
| I knew my daughter was gifted the day she was born...she is my daughter....she must be gifted....not that I am biased |
Anonymous
| 15:31 poster - rude much? I'm the 9:57 poster. I know how genetics work for physical traits, and how my daughter got her blue eyes, and how I ended up being 5'8", but I don't know if you can predict from two parents' IQs how bright their child would be. I'd assume that it would be somewhere in the middle, but that doesn't explain how I have a higher IQ than either of my parents. (smart mailman?) |
Anonymous
| DC started talking and developed full-sentence speech very early, has amazing memory, and offered very insightful (for a 3-5 year old) comments. We just figured she's bright. A WPPSI score in the 150's suggested that maybe she's really bright. She's continued to do things that surprise us. |
Anonymous
| I know my son is smarter than me. And his dad for sure! He is a lot like my older brother so when people talk about genetics, I don't think they always mean just the parents. |
Anonymous
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There are a lot of studies that indicate genetics play a component in giftedness. I Googled some stats just 'cause.
Generally speaking first degree relatives often have IQs within 10-15 points of each other. Genetic siblings tend to measure even closer than that. Obviously environment plays a role too. Keep in mind that years ago people weren't necessarily tested and measured for intelligence as often as this generation. There were probably many smart individuals who lived lives which didn't offer them the same opportunities for formal education. And malnutrition during the depression or other factors may have resulted in lower working intelligence for many who were genetically "gifted." So many components to it all. |
Anonymous
We had our child's 'gifted' status confirmed today when she discovered that she wore her PJ bottoms under her pants all day and didn't even notice. 
All kidding aside (although she really DID do that today) I still have a hard time thinking of my special snowflake as gifted. She is a normal 8 year old to me. She got into the program with great scores on her tests and that GBRS thing, but sometimes she doesn't seem to have the sense to come out of the rain. 
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Anonymous
| When he cracked a pun based on synonyms at 18 months. When he asked about the concept of God at 2 years when looking out the car window, when we are not religious and never exposed him to that. When he answered the hardest, most theoretical, question on the WPSII perfectly at the age of 4, when that same questions is given to adults and they almost always botch the answer. |