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[quote=Anonymous]There aren't any real signs at three. Someone studied this. Took all the people who thought their 3-5 year olds were profoundly gifted. There was almost no difference in how the parents described the kids who turned out to be gifted versus those that didn't. In other words, all of the participating kids were described by their parents as early readers or talkers or kids who seemed really bright compared to their peers. But only half those kids ended up being gifted. And no one has studied the kids who weren't brought in (i.e. The kids with average or low speaking and reading skills) to find out if those kids tested gifted. In other words, no one has any idea what a gifted 3 year old looks like. For every kid who is identified gifted at age seven whose parents would describe them as highly chatty as a toddler, there's another kid identified as gifted who was totally average as a toddler.

Fwiw I was identified as profoundly gifted as a kid, talked at a regular age, read a little early (but not weirdly early). My 5 yo son's brain seems to work in the same ways as mine and others in my family (all of whom are profoundly gifted) so I suspect he will test profoundly gifted as well . Certainly will test "basic gifted". His speech is lousy, he's socially quirky and he could have started reading at four but refuses (scared I won't read to him anymore). But sees the world in a certain way that I recognize. [/quote]

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