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[quote=Anonymous]Very few people are 'geniuses".  Most people are average, with strengths and weaknesses.  And, they learn at different paces so it's really hard to tell your child's strengths/weaknesses at an early age.

I think we had a accurate sense of where our kids fell relative to peers by late elementary school but if I'd based it off what they were doing at age 4, DS would have looked much more like an academic super star than DD.

I'd say DS is about average but has some natural talent in math.  He read early (about 3 yrs old) and enjoyed playing math games early on.  Now he's a rising freshman, any early advantage in reading leveled out (he now hates to read) but he's still advanced in math.

DD I think is all around above-average in intelligence.  She's deep thinker, creative, loves to read, write stories, think about science problems, gets all As in all advanced classes etc.  But she didn't get the hang of reading until late in 1st grade.  Once reading clicked for her she rapidly became proficient and by 6th grade was tested as reading at a college level.

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