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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks to all the people kindly sharing their experiences in detail.

Over the years, I've met numerous people who were radically accelerated as children (3 or more grades) -- never asked their IQs, but I assume all are PG. Some of them are in academia, but most of them are out in the business world, in a broad variety of careers. Some are super-successful; others are leading quiet lives, making good enough money to enjoy their life but not stress themselves out. They are generally obviously intellectually very sharp, but otherwise indistinguishable from other people in similar jobs.

I think for many PG children, the goal of the childhood years should not be to maximize their academic achievement. Rather, it is to preserve their love of learning and feed their thirst for knowledge/skills, prevent them from spiraling into loneliness/depression/boredom, and set them up to be able to progress that into a good college education and intellectually stimulating career (or at least help them find something that pays well enough so they can pursue other passions that might not earn money). [/quote]

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